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From: dlugose@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Exporting Card Pictures to files in HC
Message-ID: <7630@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 89 20:26:22 GMT
References: <1989Aug31.110105.4531@sics.se>
Reply-To: dlugose@ecsvax.uncecs.edu.UUCP (Dan Dlugose)
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In article <1989Aug31.110105.4531@sics.se> ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg) writes:
>
>I have a stack containing pictures of people, now I want to export these
>pictures to MacPaint files. I could do this manually for every card, but I
>want a script to do the work. Does anybody have any idea of how this should
>be done?
>
    Yes, using MacroMaker.  First "start recording".  Copy the card
picture, pull out the scrapbook DA, paste, return to HyperCard,
end recording, store the macro with a unique name like "copy to scrap"
    Then you can copy a long sequence of card pictures with a script
roughly like:
    Choose select tool
    repeat forever
       domenu "copy to script"
       go next
    end repeat
But, if a dialog comes up, like "card does not have a picture, try
background", you are stalled.
    
Does anyone know how a script can tell if there is a card picture?

Dan Dlugose
UNC Educational Computing Service