Re: Compiling for Windows
>MetaCard has its creator and type codes set up to only display Mac >files in its open file dialogs. You can still compile for other >platforms, but you'll have to type in the engine path manually. >Ignore the button that lets you choose an engine. You know, I almost tried that... LOL! By the way, if any of you have any tidbits to share regarding compiling into a standalone, issues you've encountered and the fix, etc., let me know and I will include them in the article. Shari C -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Frontscripts and backscripts
>It'd be a lot more convenient if the engine had a way of making sure it only >used the IDE's error dialog when available. I've lost a lot of >productivity first due to erroneous error reporting, then with needing to >remember to delete and re-add my error dialog between standalone builds. :( I actually created a template stack, complete with not only Metacard's embedded stacks, but my own that are included with each program. So it comes built in to everything I create, from the get-go. Much easier than trying to remember which stacks to embed and which to ignore :-) -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Compiling for Windows
On 9/27/02 4:31 PM, Shari wrote: > In the Standalone Builder dialog, when looking for the Windows engine, > it sees all the Mac engines, but the metacard.exe file, which I'm > assuming is the engine, does not show up for me to choose. MetaCard has its creator and type codes set up to only display Mac files in its open file dialogs. You can still compile for other platforms, but you'll have to type in the engine path manually. Ignore the button that lets you choose an engine. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Compiling for Windows
The windows MetaCard engine is named mc.exe. Rich Mooney Payne Sparkman Mfg. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have a Mac. > > Attempting to compile the stack for Windows. > > In the Standalone Builder dialog, when looking for the Windows > engine, it sees all the Mac engines, but the metacard.exe file, which > I'm assuming is the engine, does not show up for me to choose. > > I tried changing the stack's name to blackjack.exe instead of blackjack.mc. > > No change. > > Anybody? > -- > --Shareware Games for the Mac-- > http://www.gypsyware.com > ___ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Compiling for Windows
I have a Mac. Attempting to compile the stack for Windows. In the Standalone Builder dialog, when looking for the Windows engine, it sees all the Mac engines, but the metacard.exe file, which I'm assuming is the engine, does not show up for me to choose. I tried changing the stack's name to blackjack.exe instead of blackjack.mc. No change. Anybody? -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Frontscripts and backscripts
Shari wrote: >> Yeah, it seems to get confused when your own stack file contains an error >> dialog. If you delete yours while you're working then MC's should report >> everything okay. Just remember to put yours back before you build your >> standalone. > > Hmmm, that's a good piece of info... thanks :-) It'd be a lot more convenient if the engine had a way of making sure it only used the IDE's error dialog when available. I've lost a lot of productivity first due to erroneous error reporting, then with needing to remember to delete and re-add my error dialog between standalone builds. :( -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Custom Software and Web Development for All Major Platforms Developer of WebMerge 2.0: Publish any database on any site ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
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Rachael Bourke I.T. Dept Ext: 3643 Ph: + 353 1 6363643 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shari cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Frontscripts and backscripts metacard-admin@lists .runrev.com 27/09/02 15:27 Please respond to metacard THIS MESSAGE ORIGINATED ON THE INTERNET - Please read the detailed disclaimer below. --- >Yeah, it seems to get confused when your own stack file contains an error >dialog. If you delete yours while you're working then MC's should report >everything okay. Just remember to put yours back before you build your >standalone. Hmmm, that's a good piece of info... thanks :-) -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard --- The following message has been automatically added by the mail gateway to comply with a Royal & SunAlliance IT Security requirement. As this email arrived via the Internet you should be cautious about its origin and content. Replies which contain sensitive information or legal/contractual obligations are particularly vulnerable. In these cases you should not reply unless you are authorised to do so, and adequate encryption is employed. If you have any questions, please speak to your local desktop support team or IT security contact. --- ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Frontscripts and backscripts
>Yeah, it seems to get confused when your own stack file contains an error >dialog. If you delete yours while you're working then MC's should report >everything okay. Just remember to put yours back before you build your >standalone. Hmmm, that's a good piece of info... thanks :-) -- --Shareware Games for the Mac-- http://www.gypsyware.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
re: saving styled text?
eric engle wrote: 2) I would prefer to save the file not as an .html but as a .doc or at least .rtf I know that the html file can be read by current versiosn of word - but have you ever looked at what word does when it generates html files? Simple 15 k files have turned into 50-90 monstrosities (I am not joking) when exporting a doc from HTML to word. I am _hoping that the reverse is not true... but I could easily imagine M.$. bloating imported files (so they can later sell a proprietary debloating program). So this is why I would prefer to save as a .doc or .rtf rather than html. Eric, MicroShaft Word also creates highly bloated RTF files, so this may not be much better thatn the HTML solution. Try creating an RTF in another program, open it in Word, then save it. Then check the file size. This is a result of the RTF "standard" being so loosely defined that MS RTF is actually a superset of most other RTF definitions. However, MS includes some features that many other RTF generators lack, such as full paragraph justification. Therefore, beware of lost formatting when opening in another program an RTF file created in Word. Also, save the RTF file as an HTML file and compare the files sizes. miscdas ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
