HC to Rev conversion help needed

Joe Lewis Wilkins pepetoo at cox.net
Fri Dec 26 15:34:28 EST 2008


Dale,

First of all, I'm pretty sure we also need a stack named "HyperVibes".  
I don't have a lot of spare time right this minute, but I used to use  
a very good search command, though it wasn't quite as thorough a this  
appears to be.

Joe Wilkins

On Dec 26, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Dale Pond wrote:

> I need some help. I have a HC stack that was written by a friend who  
> no longer computes. Which means it is up to me to convert but it's  
> scripting is way over my head. I've attempted it but only partially  
> made it work. I use this stack every day in HC but cannot use it at  
> all with the Rev stacks. The stack is a very powerful search stack  
> that can search any number of stacks ASAP and return the word,  
> string or phrase found plus the line it is found in. Clicking on  
> this line takes one to the card. I use this stack to search through  
> more than 130 stacks for quotes and references. It uses the FIND  
> command so it searches every word in every field.....
>
> If someone could repair (or guide me to repair) the scripts in this  
> stack plus add a new Field of Stacks to search and eliminate the  
> additional cards it creates because HC had limited field capacity I  
> would donate the stack to the Rev community. And maybe clean up its  
> appearance a bit. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated.  
> The stacks are located here:
>
> Original HC stack
> http://www.svpvril.com/HC/HyperSearch.hqx
>
> Partially converted Rev stack
> http://www.svpvril.com/HC/HyperSearch.rev
>
> Thank you in advance....
>
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