Re: Groups and the controls they contain

2000-05-12 Thread Phil Davis
How about something like: put ID of group 1 into GrpID put (the number of controls) into xMax repeat with x = 1 to xMax if the ID of (the owner of control x) <> GrpID then next repeat put the name of control x & cr after tList end repeat answer tList Each control's "owner" property tells you

Re: Groups and the controls they contain

2000-05-12 Thread andu
>Hi everyone, > >I'm working on a utility that will hopefully be useful to all of us. >It's a stack "dissector" that will not only extract the scripts of >the cards, groups, and controls of the mainStack and all substacks, >but will also extract the contents of custom properties and give an

Re: externals

2000-05-12 Thread diskot123
>Sorry for this Comp101 question: in what language(s) are externals created >(for example, the Externals Collection)? Indeed, what's the whole process >there? The external collection was originally written in C, then moved to C++ to support classes and such. regards, Tuviah Snyder Diskotek Custo

MC and Flash

2000-05-12 Thread Craig Spooner
Greetings all, Each day I overhear me colleague grumbling about the shortcomings of Director. He loves Flash, and has done some terrific things with it, but seems consistently frustrated by Director, especially with Lingo. On several occasions I've suggested we try doing it in MetaCard. But

Groups and the controls they contain

2000-05-12 Thread Craig Spooner
Hi everyone, I'm working on a utility that will hopefully be useful to all of us. It's a stack "dissector" that will not only extract the scripts of the cards, groups, and controls of the mainStack and all substacks, but will also extract the contents of custom properties and give an outline

externals

2000-05-12 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Hello, Sorry for this Comp101 question: in what language(s) are externals created (for example, the Externals Collection)? Indeed, what's the whole process there? I'm pondering how to enable a stack to run invisibly while other non-mc apps are up, but which can then take priority (at a pre-specif

RE: PR for MetaCard

2000-05-12 Thread Blair Moxon
Actually the review didn't surprise me that much, as a lot of casual first time users have the same experience with the tutorials and documentation. Its only after they invest a bit of time (like more than half hour the reviewer probably spent) that the light turns on and they realize "wow" I didn

Re: fields and backgrounds for a MetaCard 3.0

2000-05-12 Thread Dave Cragg
At 3:12 PM +0200 5/11/00, Ruediger zu Dohna wrote: >Hi! > >It came suddently to my mind, and thinking about it actually makes sense: > >Field and background could be synonyms in some MetaCard Version 3.0 or so. > >Looks strange at first glance, but give it a thought: You can place >graphics and bu

Re: PR for MetaCard

2000-05-12 Thread Pierre Sahores
Craig Spooner wrote: > > I was disappointed to discover some bad press about MetaCard on the > ZDNet site in a review of MetaCard by Esther Schindler: > http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,389342,00.html > > I sent her a rebuttal, but I don't imagine it will change her mind in >