HyperCard Button Icons

dbrooks at unlserve.unl.edu dbrooks at unlserve.unl.edu
Thu Jul 24 09:53:52 EDT 2008


Thanks Jacque, Mark, and Phil.

This tells me where to look.

Best,

Dave B.


> David Brooks wrote:
>
>> The converted stack (HC --> RR)  DOES have the icons. When those   
>> buttons are copied to a stack created in RR, they appear.  Once   
>> that original stack is removed from memory, the icons are no longer  
>>  available. Is there an easy way to access these icons?  I did get  
>> a  png file of the stack library which I suppose I can cut up to  
>> make  individual image files? Finding a machine running ResEdit  
>> will take  longer than carving up the png file. In any event, I'd  
>> like to  learn more about this.
>>
>
> Because the original icons are in RAM when the converted stack is open,
> they appear in the second, native RR stack. But when you close the
> original, the icons are no longer accessible. You need to copy the
> icons to the new native stack.
>
> Converted HC icons are imported to an unplaced group called "HC Icons".
> You should be able to see it in the Objects/Place Group menu. In the
> original stack, place that group temporarily (you can always unplace it
> again later,) select the group and copy it. Then paste the group into
> the new stack. Once you've done that, you can unplace the group from
> the new stack's card so that it is no longer visible.
>
> Alternately, just type in the message box:
>
>  copy bg "HC Icons" from stack "convertedStack" to stack "newStack"
>
> You may need to check the button IDs as suggested, or they may just
> work as-is anyway.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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