Opening a Supercard file in Livecode?

[stephen barncard]

I'm sure it's possible but the exceptions would take a lot of work and is
just not worth the time vs re-creating with the superior Livecode
capability.    One will always end up with a better functioning app this
way.

On 22 January 2012 13:20, Bob Earp <rjearp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Far be it for me to question your wisdom here Jacque, but are you sure
> this is true for Rev (not LC) ?
>
> I went from HC to SC to ToolBook and then Rev, and at the time of looking
> at Rev, I can remember one of the enticements for moving was the ability to
> import HC & SC into Rev.  I knew a bunch of guys at Allegiant back then,
> and thought that the SC format was not that different from HC, and very
> similar to MetaCard.
>
> I also seem to remember somebody writing a translator from TB to Rev,
> which basically dumped a text file description of every object with their
> scripts, and then built a stack from that in Rev. The only problem was that
> Rev did things so much better in some areas, most of the time it was more
> beneficial to  rebuild the TB project into a new Rev stack, and only use
> the valuable stuff like media.
>
> Then again, maybe I'm just getting old and my memory is playing tricks ;-)
>
> best, Bob...
>
> > From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > Subject: Re: Opening a Supercard file in Livecode?
> > Message-ID: <4F1AFFD3.4050905 at hyperactivesw.com>
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> > On 1/21/12 6:53 AM, Richmond wrote:
> >> Does anybody know whether this is possible?
> >
> > No, not possible. You could export the scripts in SC, rebuild the stack
> > in LiveCode, and paste the scripts into the new stack.
>
>
>
> Bob Earp
> White Rock, British Columbia.
>
>
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