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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: Re: Hypercard problem
- Date: 28 Feb 1996 17:07:47 -0700
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- >>>>> "Salty" == Salty Bean <bo_ltl@uxmail.ust.hk> writes:
- In article <4grv2b$9f4@ustsu10.ust.hk> bo_ltl@uxmail.ust.hk (Salty Bean) writes:
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- Salty> Hi there! I am a "fresh" user of executor. My problem may
- Salty> be silly to some experienced
-
- Salty> executor users but that puzzled me for a long time. Here
- Salty> they are:
-
- Salty> 1. I can't run some *.hqx files after expanded them, the
- Salty> items are all
-
- Salty> question mark icons that can't be executed.
-
- I think someone else pointed out that it's not uncommon for there to
- be multiple layers that have to be peeled off:
-
-
- application \
- readme >-----> Compact Pro file >-----> HQX File
- auxilliary files /
-
- Compact Pro (or StuffIt) can take multiple programs and put them in
- one BINARY archive. Then the BINARY archive can be converted to an
- ASCII archive and left in .hqx format.
-
- The default preferences for Stuffit Expander is to automatically peel
- back as many layers as possible, but if you've changed the preferences
- it will just convert the HQX file to some intermediate form and leave
- it there. If you then run Stuffit Expander on the intermediate file
- you'll get a step closer.
-
- Salty> 2. Some Hypercard-required programs(BTW, WHat's hypercard?)
- Salty> won't run on the system even I tried to download a
- Salty> programme called hypercard player2.3 from apple mirror
- Salty> site, unluckly, it itself hangs the system.
-
- HyperCard is a programming language/environment that makes it very
- easy to create hypertext documents, which are a series of pages
- (called "cards") that are grouped in files (called "stacks"). The
- contents of the pages can refer to other pages within the file or to
- pages within other files.
-
- I though HyperCard Player 2.3 works under Executor. We have 2.1 and
- 2.2 locally but don't yet have a copy of 2.3. I guess it's one more
- thing for our "to do" pile.
-
- Salty> I'm sure it is a mac version, not power mac.
-
- Salty> I would be appreciated if someone could kindly help me out
- Salty> the swamp.
-
- HyperCard 2.3 has the ability to create self-running programs. I know
- that many of these self-running programs (i.e. you don't run them
- under HyperCard, they're just applications) do run under Executor,
- which is why I expected HyperCard 2.3 player to work. If you can find
- self-running versions of the stacks that you're interested in then you
- may be able to get those running under Executor before we get a chance
- to figure out what's up with HyperCard 2.3.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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