Thank you, Bob > 30. nov. 2018 kl. 18.49 skrev Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > I'll jump in here. > > Porting/opening Hypercard stacks is a convenience. The primary issue is that > Hypercard was optimized to index every text of every card in a stack to make > finding information easier. New records? New cards. > > Livecode? Not so much. In fact, not at all. There will be performance issues. > But at least your field and button layouts will be intact, and you scripting > *should* work out of the box. > > At that point, your next task will be to refactor your app to switch to a > database oriented app with single form layouts as opposed to multiple cards > as records. Getting the information out of your cards and into a database, > although not difficult, will have to be scripted. So far as I know, there is > nothing that can "automagically" do that for you. > > Bob S > > >> On Nov 30, 2018, at 09:02 , Ingar Roggen via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, André, >> I hope you still remember that we met in Las Vegas. I still use HyperCard >> and wonder if it has become easier to port HC-stacks to LiveCode? Do you >> know if there are any apps for that? And if not, would it be difficult to >> write them? >> Regards >> Ingar > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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