on 10/3/02 10:36 AM, Richard K. Herz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Richard Gaskin wrote: > >>> Now all I need is a Metacard equivalent of Danny Goodman's bible "The >>> Complete Hypercard Handbook"! >>> >>> Is there any such tome in existence? >> >> What would you like to see in such a book? > > Richard, are you volunteering? As far as I'm concerned, the MC help covers > commands pretty well. A big contribution would be a book that shows how > complex things are put together (well, and a couple how to get started > chapters too). > > Here are a few chapters from my wish list: > > How to communicate over the Internet (FTP, email, etc.) > How to build an "Internet App" > How to write externals > (including documentation of the MC-external interface, and an example in > Fortran as well as C) > How to control and communicate with other applications and the OS from MC > (using shell() to start other programs, getting directory lists, etc.) > How to work with menus cross-platform > How to print > How to work with groups > How to build real-time simulations > ... and the list goes on > > Rich Herz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard >
Id love to have such a book, especially if it included step-by-step tutorials. I'm happy to pay for such a book if somebody wants to write it. Ray Horsley Dveloper, LinkIt! Software _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard