Re: Metacard anniversary

2001-04-12 Thread ScottYang
Here is a suggestion. Require that all products developed has a cool Metacard logo attached to the packaging. Macromind does it, quicktime/apple does it. It is basically advertisement on the products. Now some folks may not agree to it, but it does get the name out there. Metacard then

Re: Hilite color bug in 2.4

2001-04-12 Thread Scott Raney
> There is a bug in the hilite color. The color is good but the font > doesn't change to the correct color so in my case I get dark blue > and black and you can't read it. You most likely have the look and feel set to something other than the native for whatever platform you're using. MacOS use

RE: Another feature request: offscreen image generation

2001-04-12 Thread Monte Goulding
Even to simply specify the rect on a particular stack that you want an image of and for it not to matter about other windows. We are very demanding aren't we. > > MC 2.4 has some absolutely killer image generation options, with > its support > for JPEG quality, optional GIF, etc. > > Great stuff

Another feature request: offscreen image generation

2001-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
MC 2.4 has some absolutely killer image generation options, with its support for JPEG quality, optional GIF, etc. Great stuff, but if I understand it correctly it will does pretty much a screen dump, so we have to make sure the stack from which the image is being generated is topmost, that the cu

Re: delete file

2001-04-12 Thread LiangTyan Fui
On 4/13/01 8:04 AM, Richard MacLemale wrote: > Say... > When you use "delete file" to delete a file on a Mac, does it delete both > forks (resource and data) of the file? I'd assume so, but I am > double-checking... It does ;-) > :) > Richard MacLemale > Instructional Technology Specialist > J

delete file

2001-04-12 Thread Richard MacLemale
Say... When you use "delete file" to delete a file on a Mac, does it delete both forks (resource and data) of the file? I'd assume so, but I am double-checking... :) Richard MacLemale Instructional Technology Specialist James W. Mitchell High School Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metaca

Metacard anniversary

2001-04-12 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
As Metacard is coming of age and considerably maturing at the same time it would probably be a good idea to expand the Metacard community (which could be profitable both for the producer and consumers). Of the possible approaches I very much like the proposal to offer special prices - maybe only

Happy Easter (off topic)

2001-04-12 Thread Phil Davis
Happy Eggs! http://www.eggheaven2000.com/ Phil Davis Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.

Re: Digest metacard.v004.n276

2001-04-12 Thread Robin-David Hammond
RE> From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TCP/IP security considerations Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:31:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What are the security considerations in the following scenario?: Suppose I h

Re: Digest metacard.v004.n276

2001-04-12 Thread Robin-David Hammond
RE> From: Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: TCP/IP security considerations Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 00:31:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What are the security considerations in the following scenario?: Suppose I h

Re: HyperCard price etc

2001-04-12 Thread Simon Lord
I would have responded, and I did try last night, but my use of MetaCard is vastly different that Bruce's. But now that you responded Jacqueline, I'll simply add my input to yours. =) > > 1. I would have to learn something new, and I am not sure I want to >> unless there's an advantage. > >

Re: Record Sound

2001-04-12 Thread David Bovill
Similar question - any way to use QuickTime to save/convert formats? I have done this using the QuickTime externals that came with certain versions of HyperCard, do these work in Metacard? Anyone? > From: Vikram Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:

Scrollbar colors of fields

2001-04-12 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
How can I set the scrollbar colors of a *field*? Thumb and arrow buttons show the background color of the card, how can I change them to be independent of the card colors? Then there is the "background" of the field scrollbar area, i.e. the gray area between arrow buttons and thumb, that apparentl

Re: QT effects

2001-04-12 Thread Wilhelm Sanke
Thanks for the various responses on- and offlist. A number of questions remain. Among others Tuviah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 in response to the respective paragraph in my message "2.4 quantum leap": > >I hope the new helpfiles will be out soon with detailed information > >ab

Re: HyperCard price etc

2001-04-12 Thread Bruce Lewis
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: >Bruce Lewis wrote: >> >> Tell me if I should move to MetaCard from HyperCard. > >I'll take a crack at this, since no one else has. A few of the questions >in your list address some of the weakest areas of MetaCard, unfortunately. > Thanks Jacque. I appreciate you

Re: HyperCard price etc

2001-04-12 Thread Jacqueline Landman Gay
Bruce Lewis wrote: > > Tell me if I should move to MetaCard from HyperCard. I'll take a crack at this, since no one else has. A few of the questions in your list address some of the weakest areas of MetaCard, unfortunately. > 1. I would have to learn something new, and I am not sure I want to

Record Sound

2001-04-12 Thread Vikram Singh
The record sound command seems to record at 44 KHz. For internet applications, maybe 11 KHz is suitable (to conserve space). Can we have an 'average' and 'poor' option that gives options of 11 and 22 KHz recordings. Ideally, like qteffects, maybe there can be a 'recordoptions' which gives the re

Re: TCP/IP security considerations

2001-04-12 Thread michael kann
--- Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> inquired about peer-to-peer security a la Metacard: Any business peer-to-peer program will be compared to Ray Ozzie's Groove, found at www.groove.net, because he has a PR machine that just won't quit. Security is fundamental to their efforts, so it might be

RE: Feature request: encrypt custom props

2001-04-12 Thread xbury . cs
there's an easy way to encrypt info with the bitxor function, it's the basis for most encryptors... char[x] bitxor key = encrypted char encryptedchar bitxor key = char[x] (decrypted] simple enough but not hard to break... -Original Message- From: Richard Gaskin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: TCP/IP security considerations

2001-04-12 Thread David Bovill
1) Don't transmit IP numbers - use a server? 2) Use an non-ICQ type name space so people can't guess id's 3) Restrict client communication to other clients that are known to be OK 4) Check for "code" transmission? MC, exe's? 5) As building a virus checker seems too complex (ie above) use PGP (

RE: Digest metacard.v004.n273

2001-04-12 Thread Robert Brenstein
>I still stand with my suggestion that Scott should sell 3 year old verions >of MC for the price of HC and then could sell 2 year old versions for the >price of SC. Saves all the problem. Means everyone can shutup. Makes Scott >some money he hasn't had before. Anybody that want's to be at the cutt

TCP/IP security considerations

2001-04-12 Thread Richard Gaskin
What are the security considerations in the following scenario?: Suppose I have two MC apps running on different machines, and they communicate with each other showing a listing of files each machine has designated specifically for sharing (much like Napster, GNUtella clients, etc.). In this sce

Hilite color bug in 2.4

2001-04-12 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Scott There is a bug in the hilite color. The color is good but the font doesn't change to the correct color so in my case I get dark blue and black and you can't read it. Regards Monte Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/m