converting from hypercard

[Devin Asay]

On Jun 14, 2004, at 11:00 PM, Andrew wrote:

> Hi, List.  I'm converting a stack from Hypercard to Revolution, and 
> I'm running into a myriad of problems.  I followed the instructions on 
> Revolution for importing; I made all the appropriate changes to my 
> stack before importing it.
> Some of the problems I'm encountering are:
> 1 background scripts don't seem to work properly

Can you be more specific? Some examples?

> 2 strange graphics appear which look like bar codes at the top of the 
> screen

Are there graphics in your original HC stack that could be being 
converted in an unexpected way? For instance, I have sometimes noticed 
that the transparency in HC bitmapped graphics doesn't convert 
accurately.

> 3 buttons and their icons are transparent so you can see the image on 
> the card through them.

Did you try making the buttons opaque to prevent this?

I gave up converting HC stacks directly long ago in favor of recreating 
the interface in Rev and copying over scripts, then modifying them to 
behave properly in Rev. While conversion works alright for simple 
stacks, for complex stacks you are usually better off porting them. I 
have found it takes surprisingly little time, especially once you 
become comfortable with the differences between HC and Rev.

But whether you choose to convert or port your stack, Jacque Gay's 
article on Converting a HyperCard stack to Revolution at 
http://www.hyperactivesw.com/Resources.html is a must-read.

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University