Re2: metacard and the web

1999-10-20 Thread Dominique Busso
Answer to "Kevin Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - message date: 21/10/99 0:50 >No. You need to configure MetaCard as a "player" application to your web >browser, or download the stack from inside a MetaCard stack by script. The >user needs to download a copy of the MetaCard en

Re2: Folders and files

1999-10-20 Thread Dominique Busso
Answer to "Alan Beattie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - message date: 20/10/99 18:21 >> I have 2 questions: >> >> 1) What would be the easiest way in MetaCard to retreive the list of >> folders and files in a specific folder? > >Use the files and the directories functions. > >answer

Re: POP Server and MetaCard

1999-10-20 Thread LiangTyan Fui
>> I need to process incoming email with my own scripts: ideally with >> Metacard. Does anyone have any information on preferably free POP mail >> servers for Mac/UNIX which I could extend using MetaCard CGI's? >> >> Or is anyone planning on writing/getting involved in writing a basic POP >> ser

Re: Mac & PC differences

1999-10-20 Thread Andu
>What am I missing? The following script is in a button and after the user has >highlited a word or phrase in field 1 they click the button to execute this: > >on mouseUp > get the selectedtext of cd field 1 > put it >end mouseUp > >Field 1 is not locked. >It works on a Mac but not on Win 95. I

video control

1999-10-20 Thread Mark Lacy
I am playing a videoclip that is external and I want users to be able to rewind the clip to the beginning whenever they wish and then have the clip show and hold on the first frame until they start it again. Could anyone share how to do this? I do not want to use MCI commands since I hope to ma

Re: Digest metacard.v003.n109

1999-10-20 Thread Raymond E. Griffith
-- > You'd be much better > off just downloading fixed clips using HTTP and then playing them with > the new player control (in sequence, if multiple clips are necessary). > Regards, > Scott Hi Scott, I am having trouble with the player control. On my Windows machine, MetaCard 2.3

Re: Mac & PC differences

1999-10-20 Thread rice
What am I missing? The following script is in a button and after the user has highlited a word or phrase in field 1 they click the button to execute this: on mouseUp get the selectedtext of cd field 1 put it end mouseUp Field 1 is not locked. It works on a Mac but not on Win 95. It's MC 2.2

Re: POP Server and MetaCard

1999-10-20 Thread Kevin Miller
On Wednesday, Oct 20 1999, David Bovill wrote: > I need to process incoming email with my own scripts: ideally with > Metacard. Does anyone have any information on preferably free POP mail > servers for Mac/UNIX which I could extend using MetaCard CGI's? > > Or is anyone planning on writing/gett

Re: hypercard conversion problem

1999-10-20 Thread Kevin Miller
On Wednesday, Oct 20 1999, John Ranck wrote: > I have a metacard stack that I converted from hypercard. Now suddenly, the > find function doesn't work, nor does the Messge box. > > I have the Home card (with the juggler on it) and my former hyper card > stack open. When I press ctrl F, the find b

Re: Self-modifying applications (sort of)

1999-10-20 Thread Kevin Miller
On Tuesday, Oct 19 1999, Geoff Canyon wrote: (snip) > Question #1: is this the best way to do this? I think I remember someone > saying I should name the external something other than *.mc so it won't > be double-clickable; anything else? I can't think of a better way offhand - seems pretty smo

Re: Looping music with MCI sendstring

1999-10-20 Thread Kevin Miller
On Tuesday, Oct 19 1999, Andrew Griffin wrote: > I am trying to have midi music loop or just stop and load another midi > file using MCI sendstring. I am able to play the music, but I'm unable > to detect if the midi has stopped or loop the midi. I have tried to > check the midi using the statu

Re: metacard and the web

1999-10-20 Thread Kevin Miller
On Monday, Oct 18 1999, Salvatore Bancheri wrote: > What do you need to do to put a Metacard stack on the web? Do I need to > save the stack in a specific format? Please help and thank you in advance. No. You need to configure MetaCard as a "player" application to your web browser, or download

Re: Folders and files

1999-10-20 Thread Mark Talluto
> From: Dominique Busso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Folders and files > Date: Wed, 20 Oct 99 09:35:53 +0200 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > Hi all, Hi Dominique. I can help with question #1. Here is what I do. This script has the user select the fold

Re: POP Server and MetaCard

1999-10-20 Thread Andu
>I need to process incoming email with my own scripts: ideally with >Metacard. Does anyone have any information on preferably free POP mail >servers for Mac/UNIX which I could extend using MetaCard CGI's? I believe you can use any server for that purpose as long as you have read/write access to

Re: Folders and files

1999-10-20 Thread Alan Beattie
Hi Dominique, > I have 2 questions: > > 1) What would be the easiest way in MetaCard to retreive the list of > folders and files in a specific folder? Use the files and the directories functions. answer folder "Select a folder:" set the directory to it put "Files:" & cr & the files & cr into t

Re: QuickTime

1999-10-20 Thread Mark Talluto
...>> I also wish to create online community game like environments, and the >> flexibility of using high quality graphic transitions (under script control) >> is also important here. > > Transitions are really a special case because you can use them without > having a "movie" at all (you just giv

Re: Folders and files

1999-10-20 Thread Scott Raney
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Dominique Busso wrote: > I have 2 questions: > > 1) What would be the easiest way in MetaCard to retreive the list of > folders and files in a specific folder? Use "the files" and "the directories" functions. > 2) Does anybody know of an "html parser" usable in MetaCard (

hypercard conversion problem

1999-10-20 Thread John Ranck
I have a metacard stack that I converted from hypercard. Now suddenly, the find function doesn't work, nor does the Messge box. I have the Home card (with the juggler on it) and my former hyper card stack open. When I press ctrl F, the find box doesn't appear, nor does the message box appear whe

RE: Folders and files

1999-10-20 Thread Marni Centor
> -Original Message- > From: Dominique Busso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 3:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Folders and files > > > > Hi all, > > I have 2 questions: > > 1) What would be the easiest way in MetaCard to retreive the list of >

RE: How to grab an unlocked field ?

1999-10-20 Thread Marni Centor
If the field is unlocked but empty, this will work: on mouseWithin if the mouse is down then grab me end mouseWithin Once there is text in the field, this doesn't work anymore because any attempt to click in the field selects text, and you probably need this so the kids can edit what they've t

POP Server and MetaCard

1999-10-20 Thread David Bovill
I need to process incoming email with my own scripts: ideally with Metacard. Does anyone have any information on preferably free POP mail servers for Mac/UNIX which I could extend using MetaCard CGI's? Or is anyone planning on writing/getting involved in writing a basic POP server in MetaCard? A

How to grab an unlocked field ?

1999-10-20 Thread Claude Lemmel
In a game for kids i need that the kids can enter a few words in a field and grab this field where they want. The grabbed field must remain editable. The normal way of clicking with button 3 or cd-click on the mac is not convenient for the kids. So, how to grab an unlocked field with button 1 ?