Re: MC book (was Random sounds...)
"Richard K. Herz" 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 Hi Friends, If this project can be set-up, i'm both ok, if needed, to contribute to the translation of the original issue to a french spoken issue and to search a publisher able to edit it in France. I'm far sure that such a book could be very helpfull to expand the metacard developers community ! -- Cordialement, Pierre Sahores Inspection académique de Seine-Saint-Denis. Applications et bases de données WEB et VPN Qualifier et produire l'avantage compétitif ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC book (was Random sounds...)
It's funny, because once I wrote that explanation for the original Random Sounds thread, I had the same idea: "Wow, this would be great to write a book about." I'd be interested in writing one sometime, if there was enough demand and I could contribute something. Most of the topics listed are ones I have yet to explore, though. If I may ask one question, to Richard Herz: what sort of real-time simulation would you be interested in learning how to create? I remember the original documentation that came with HyperCard, I read through that thing quite a bit and learned a lot. A big thick manual for MetaCard would be nice, too... or even a slim one, heh. Slim would be easier to digest! Karl On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 12:36 PM, Richard K. Herz 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 > > -- Go Bison! http://www.karlbecker.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: MC book (was Random sounds...)
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
MC book (was Random sounds...)
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
Re: Random sounds...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 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
Re: Random sounds...
Thanx Karl, Script works cool!! Now all I need is a Metacard equivalent of Danny Goodman's bible "The Complete Hypercard Handbook"! Is there any such tome in existence? Kevin from Wycheproof. This message was sent from http://australia.edu Check out the new international site at http://australia.edu/international ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Random sounds...
On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 08:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However, when I tested it on the pre-schoolers (talk about a TOUGH > crowd!) > they wanted to hear it again before proceeding.. > > my current (enormous) code is > > play (any line of card field "SoundList") > > my question...if I make a button called say "REPEAT?" how do I get > Metacard > to replay the directly previous sound from the "SoundList" field? There would be a number of methods, but here's one idea... Script line #1: global theRandomNumber Here we're declaring a global variable - what this does is lets us use this variable, and the value that's stored in it, in every script, anywhere, whether it's another button, field, card, or stack. Script line #2: put random( the number of lines of card field "SoundList" ) into theRandomNumber This puts a random number from 1 to the number of lines of the field "SoundList" into the variable named theRandomNumber. Script line #3: play (line theRandomNumber of card field "SoundList") Very similar to before. Now, make a new button, maybe named "Repeat", and put in these two lines of script: global theRandomNumber play (line theRandomNumber of card field "SoundList") Here we're using carbon copies of our old script, but just excluding the line of script that got a new random sound. Hopefully this was explained well enough. Good luck with MetaCard, glad to have you on board! P.S. You can get rid of that ugly "card" word by turning off hcAddressing as described in a previous post. You can simply delete the word card from every line of script above. -- Go Bison! http://www.karlbecker.com ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Random sounds...
Hi every1, As a recent (very enthusiastic!) convert to Metacard from Hypercard in the old days, my question may seem a bit easy (considering the atom-splitting work done recently by the listers!!) Taking Jacqueline's advice I converted an old Hypercard stack to Metacard assuming it would also import the 50 or so snd files (in System 7 Mac mode). It didn't but that wasn't a big deal (Sound 7 and AIFF files I found take up about the same amount of space) just a bit of reformatting. My "program" (as if it's worthy of the name) simply plays (from a "PLAY" button) a random sound (animal noises etc..) from the "SoundList" field I created. No worries...worked great! However, when I tested it on the pre-schoolers (talk about a TOUGH crowd!) they wanted to hear it again before proceeding.. my current (enormous) code is play (any line of card field "SoundList") my question...if I make a button called say "REPEAT?" how do I get Metacard to replay the directly previous sound from the "SoundList" field? Sorry to bother gurus with such trivial q's... Cheers, Kevin Phyland Wycheproof P-12 College. This message was sent from http://australia.edu Check out the new international site at http://australia.edu/international ___ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
