This document describes changes made to some of the stacks that ship with HyperCard versions 2.2 through 2.3.5. These changes will make them work properly when running with Mac OS 8.
This update covers the Audio Help stack that ships with the HyperCard Player and the four Help stacks that ship with the full retail version of HyperCard.
Other updates to HyperCard and HyperCard stacks can be found on the Web at http://www.info.apple.com/. More information about HyperCard can be found at http://hypercard.apple.com/.
Mac OS 8 Stack Changes
Because Mac OS 8 has a system menu called “Help,” all of the HyperCard stacks shipping with HyperCard that have scripts that look for, or try to change a menu called “Help,” will produce script errors. We’ve revised these stacks to create menus with names other than “Help.” The Audio Help stack now creates a menu called “Topics.” The HyperCard Help, HyperTalk Reference, Help Extras, and HyperCard AppleScript Reference stacks now create a menu called “Reference.”
How to Update the HyperCard Player
1. Locate and open the HyperCard Player folder on your hard disk; it may be located in your Apple Extras folder.
2. Replace the version of Audio Help on your hard disk with the copy that comes with this update.
How to Update HyperCard (full version) Stacks
1. Locate and open your HyperCard folder.
2. Replace the HyperCard AppleScript Reference stack located in the AppleScript Stacks folder with the one that comes with this update.
3. Replace the Help Extras, HyperCard Help, and HyperTalk Reference stacks located in the Help Stacks folder with the ones that come with this update.
4. Replace the Audio Help stack located in the HyperCard Stacks folder with the one that comes with this update.
