System Requirements
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An Apple Macintosh computer: Macintosh Plus or later with at least 2MB
RAM (4MB required with System 7)
Macintosh System software version 6.0.5 or later (AppleScript requires
System 7), or A/UX version 2.0 or later
Hard disk drive
QuickTime Tools requires System 6.0.7 or later, the QuickTime extension,
4MB RAM, and a 68020 (or later) processor.
With System 6, Color Tools requires 32-bit QuickDraw extension.
OSA Support
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Apple's Open Scripting Architecture (OSA) lets you:
Use any OSA-compatible scripting language, including HyperTalk,
AppleScript, UserTalk (from UserLand), and CEScript (from CE Software).
Use localized versions of AppleScript system extensions to script in
French, Japanese, or other languages (requires additional software)
Link HyperCard stacks with any of more than 75 OSA-compatible
applications, such as Claris FileMaker Pro 2.0 and Microsoft Excel 4.0
(applications must be running under System 7).
Attach AppleScript scripts to HyperCard objects, such as buttons, to
launch and control other applications, exchange data with them, and so on
-- even over a network.
Take advantage of support for the Required, Core, and HyperCard suites of
Apple events to launch and control HyperCard from other applications, as
well as exchange data between them.
Multimedia Features
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With HyperCard 2.2, you can:
Add sound, animation, and graphics to stacks.
Use the QuickTime Tools stack to add QuickTime movies to stacks.
Color Support
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With the included Color Tools stack, you can:
Assign colors to buttons, fields, backgrounds, and cards.
Select from a palette of 256 colors.
Import color or grayscale PICT graphics.
Resize and reposition graphics on the card.
Apply color transitions between cards and between stacks.
Layer graphics under or over buttons and fields.
Development Features
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The HyperCard development environment lets you:
Use XCMDs (external commands) to control various systems and equipment,
including mainframe computers, networks, videodisc players, and CD-ROM
drives.
Add features and commands to HyperCard applications by using XCMDs to
call routines from languages such as C or Pascal.
Implement hypertext applications through links from a word or group of
words.
Use shared code libraries to quickly add commonly-used sounds, external
commands, pictures, and other elements to different stacks and to save disk
space.
Scripting and Debugging Tools
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HyperCard 2.2 provides several powerful tools:
The modeless script editor lets you view several scripts and stacks at
once and quickly copy and paste HyperTalk or AppleScript code between them.
The debugging menu lets you set checkpoints in, and step and trace
through, a script while it's running -- for fast and easy troubleshooting.
Background processing lets you continue working in other applications
while complex scripts are running or while you compact or sort a stack.
Variable Watcher shows how variables are used and changed, and lets you
edit variables while debugging your scripts.
Message Watcher lets you view HyperTalk messages as they're sent, so you
can see how your program's logic really works.
Flexible Formatting and Reporting
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HyperCard 2.2 lets you:
Design multiple report layouts for each stack -- and copy and paste
report formats between stacks.
Control the content, appearance (including font, size, and style), and
placement of text elements in report formats.
Define the optimum appearance, order, and functions of menus and menu
items for each application.
Create card sizes ranging from one inch square to 18 inches square.
Print individual fields, selected parts of a card, a single card,
selected cards (those containing a certain word, button, or background), or
an entire stack.
Contents
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HyperCard version 2.2 software
HyperCard example stacks
AppleScript run-time software
AppleScript reference and sample stacks
QuickTime Tools stack
Color Tools stack
ADDmotion II (from Motion Works International) for creating and editing
animation
HyperCard reference manuals
HyperCard Companion Products and Services Directory
Ordering Information
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In the U.S., Order No. M2365LL/A
Outside the U.S., Order No. M2365Z/A
Article Change History:
02 Jul 1996 - Removed from the Fax system
27 Jan 1995 - Reviewed for technical accuracy, revised formatting.
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