LiveCode-HyperCard XCMD's

[-=>JB<=-]

All definitely good points that would me someone question if they
should ever consider trying to make any hypercard code work.

-=>JB<=-


On May 17, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:

> Also consider it was written and compiled for an OS that used a totally different graphics engine called Quickdraw. I have serious doubts it would work today in Quartz. It's going to have to be rewritten methinks. 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On May 17, 2012, at 11:15 AM, stephen barncard wrote:
> 
>> most likely it was compiled for Power PC, Intel macs didn't exist then. I
>> would venture to say that they wouldn't work. Anyway Livecode is so fast
>> and versatile that most of the functions that needed XCMDs can all be done
>> in native Livecode. The time it would take to convert could be spent
>> re-designing for modern machines. What do you need to accomplish?
>> 
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:07 AM, -=>JB <=- <sundown at pacifier.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> LiveCode
>>> Lessons and Tutorials
>>> HyperCard
>>> 
>>> LiveCode supports the HyperCard 1.x XCMD model (which means that most
>>> XCMDs and XFCNs
>>> that don’t display a window will work in LiveCode without
>>> modification)Tutorials
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What if I have the binary code of a XCMD I wrote in hyperCard is there a
>>> way to use it in LiveCode
>>> or do I need to use the hyperCard XCMD as it is or do I need to use the
>>> original XCMD code I wrote?
>>> Is there a way to recompile my XCMD binary code?
>>> 
>>> -=>JB<=-
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