Hypercard data

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Owens,

Are you new to this mail list? If so, welcome...

Revolution's Find & Replace window is very different from HyperCard's  
find function. Fortunately, you can still use the find command in  
Revolution. There are at least two ways to do this.

You can open the message box and type

   find string "Crazy Rhythm"

and press return. This should find you the string on the current card,  
just like in HyperCard. If you type return again, it will find the  
next instance of the string in the stack.

It might be a good idea to make a button with the same command. The  
script of the button would be something like this:

on mouseUp
   ask "Search for..."
   if it is not empty then find string it
end mouseUp

of course, you can improve this script to have it remember the  
previous search string et cetera.

When you convert your HyperCard stack, keep in mind that menus work  
differently and externals are not converted. If your scripts use the  
domenu command and externals, you will probably have to fix a few  
compile errors.

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Best regards,

Mark Schonewille

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On 22 mrt 2009, at 22:37, tom owens wrote:

> I am a technologically-challenged new user of Runtime Revolution. I  
> bought it to transfer my Hypercard files from an older iMac to an  
> iMac running System X. I have figured out how to open my files in  
> Revolution, but can't figure out how to go to a specific word or  
> phrase in the data. On my older computer I simply open Find and type  
> "whole 'Art Blakey'" or "whole 'Crazy Rhythm'" (it's a catalog of my  
> jazz records, with a separate "card" for each recording). Hitting  
> Return takes me directly to each recording in turn. In Revolution,  
> when I go to Find and Replace and enter my search word, it grinds  
> away and eventually gives me a list of six-digit numbers, which are  
> meaningless to me. And I haven't found a way to go to any of those  
> recordings. Help!
>
> Owens