May be HyperCard (was:Facespan 3.5.1: Is it good, or bad, for you?).
May be HyperCard (was:Facespan 3.5.1: Is it good, or bad, for you?).
- Subject: May be HyperCard (was:Facespan 3.5.1: Is it good, or bad, for you?).
- From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:57:39 -0500
cris <email@hidden> wrote
on 18.02.2001 4:32 Uhr, Douglas Wagner at email@hidden wrote:
> Hello:
> I used Facespan 2.0 briefly some time ago and was disappointed. Now
> I've started using Facespan 3.5 and almost at once, I've started
> running into similar problems. During, what I consider fairly routine
> work, I run into all sorts of odd behaviour.
I hope the OS X version will be much better. And maybe it is possible at
some day to use Apples Interface Builder with AppleScript.
There is currently no alternative (except Dialog Director) to Facespan,
which is generally bad in my opinion.
Just a suggestion. I've been fooling around with HyperTalk and
AppleScript and I am amazed at how easy it is to work with both in
HyperCard. It is very easy to pass values back and forth and with a
little imagination sky is the limit. On top of that, the power of
HyperTalk to understand clicks, cmd-clicks, etc., makes it very
easy to work with both languages to attain anything one wants.
As an extra bonus, one gets the flexibility of HyperTalk on many
items were Applescript is not as good. Dates for instance. Also
drawing, finding, working with some mathematical functions ( they are
native in HT), and making a GUI to run any script you choose.
Since Apple is pondering about stopping the development of HC, either
get your copy soon or ask Apple not to stop developing HC. It is
significantly cheaper than FaceSpan.
Oh! HC is better to control QT as well...
Just my two cents
Regards
Deivy Petrescu
http://www.dicas.com
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