HC stack with no resource fork

[J. Landman Gay]

I'll have to take a look at that. My Mac is so old that SheepShaver still 
works on it, but just barely.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On September 24, 2025 1:23:20 PM Mark Clark via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> emulators—here’s an easy one to try
>
> mac getutm .app
>
>> On Sep 24, 2025, at 1:12 PM, Randy Hengst via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> I used to do a lot with HyperStudio…and have many old stacks. Has he tried 
>> the free trial of HyperStudio 5? … I’m not sure it will work with current 
>> MacOS. I’ve not tried it on windows. In my basement, somewhere, I have an 
>> old mac that should run HyperStudio. I can do some checking next week when 
>> I have some time.
>>
>> take care,
>> randy
>>
>>> On Sep 24, 2025, at 12:57 PM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I figured it out. The stack has an extension ".stk" which I 
>>> shouldn't have ignored. It appears that's a HyperStudio stack. When viewed 
>>> in a text editor there are no decipherable words, it's all gibberish. 
>>> That's why when I added a creator and type so I could open it in HyperCard 
>>> in an emulator, HC also said it wasn't a HyperCard stack.
>>>
>>> Even if I could find a copy of HyperStudio to run in the emulator, I 
>>> wouldn't know what to do with it. I feel sorry for the guy, there are 9 
>>> stacks containing his entire family history. All gone.
>>>
>>> If anyone here thinks they could help I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>> On September 24, 2025 2:26:08 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode 
>>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2025-09-24 05:36, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>> Actually, maybe the resource fork isn't the problem. What are the usual
>>>>> reasons a stack isn't a stack?
>>>>
>>>> So I don't think the engine has ever looked at the resource fork of
>>>> hypercard stacks when it tries to load them...
>>>>
>>>> The only reason a stack isn't considered a stack is if the engine can't
>>>> load it - i.e. there's an error while parsing the binary data.
>>>>
>>>> Its possible the stack has been compressed with Stuff-It or similar
>>>> (which was quite common as doing so allowed the resource fork to be
>>>> preserved alongside the data fork, but without the resulting file having
>>>> a resource fork) - if that is the case here then that would be why the
>>>> engine doesn't like it.
>>>>
>>>> If you send the stack to support we can take a quick look :)
>>>>
>>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mark.
>>>>
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