Michael R. Maitzen wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have been lurking for a while and I have not really done anything
> in Revolution yet but, as a long time HyperCard and SuperCard user, I
> was hoping to use it to make some cross platform applications. The
> application that I would like to tackle first requires giving users
> drawing capabilities and I don't see anywhere how to choose a line
> tool. All the drawing tools seem to revolve around making shapes. Is
> there a line tool other than the paint line tool?
There's the line tool for creating a line graphic (second from the bottom on
the left of the Tools palette), and the polygon tool (third from the bottom,
on the left).
> Also, something I could not figure out how to do in SuperCard was to
> zoom in or out of the drawing (card) to provide wider or narrower
> views of the drawing especially when it is larger than the screen. Is
> there some way to accomplish this that does not require resizing
> every graphic on the card?
Not as such, although you might be able to use the Geometry Manager to
automate some of this. The magnify image property could possibly be useful
here too, depending on exactly what you want to do.
Cheers,
Michael
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