Metacard 2.4

[Richmond]

On 02/03/14 21:52, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> On 3/2/14, 1:32 PM, Richmond wrote:
>> I wonder if anyone could send me the IDE files for Metacard 2.4;
>> this is because on the CanelaSoft site all the engines and the IDE are
>> for MC 2.4.1 except the Linux PPC engine, and as a result the
>> thing won't work on Ubuntu 12.04 PPC because of a mismatch between the
>> engine (2.4.0)
>> and the IDE stacks ( mchome.mc, mctools.mc, and so on: 2.4.1).
>
> Comment out the openStack handler in the first card of the home stack. 
> Add these:
>
> on startup
>   if the version >="2.7" then
>     start using stack "mctools.mc"
>     if the platform <> "MacOS" then
>       open stack "mctools.mc"
>     end if
>     set the defaultStack to "Home"
>     reset cursors
>   end if
>   pass startup
> end startup
>
> on preOpenStack
>   set the lookandfeel to "Appearance Manager"
>   put "MetaCard" && the version && the platform && "engine"\
>       & cr & "Copyright © 2001 MetaCard Corporation" \
>       & cr & "All Rights Reserved" into field "Copyright"
>   repeat for each line l in the customKeys["preferences"] of this stack
>     if the number of words in l is 1
>     then do "set the" && l && "to the preferences[" & quote & l & 
> quote & "] of this stack"
>   end repeat
>   if the platform is "MacOS"
>   then set the name of button 1 to "Tools"
>   else set the name of button 1 to "Menu Bar"
>   send "preOpenStack" to card 1 of stack "MetaCard Menu Bar"
> end preOpenStack
>
> Do a save from the message box.
>

But I am told that "on startup" is a bad token.