HyperCard: Palette Design Shortcut (7/92)

When using the Palette Maker in the Power Tools stack, you have to create a
card graphic for the appearance of the palette. The intuitive way to
control the appearance of a new palette is by selection of button styles
and icons, but Palette Maker ignores them.

You can convert an arrangement of buttons into a graphic for use by the
Palette Maker. Choose the select tool, drag a box around the buttons,
choose Export Paint from the File menu, and park the exported file any
place handy. Then Import Paint the same file. This creates a graphic which
is an image of the originally selected area, including buttons, fields, and
previously existing graphics (card and background).


This article is adapted from the Claris Tech Info database.
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012