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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (Jim Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Running "HyperCard" on a PC
Summary: YES, there is a program to convert HyperCard stacks to ToolBook books!
Message-ID: <120@atux01.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 90 21:24:32 GMT
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In article <1990Sep5.164339.1036@uncecs.edu>, dlugose@uncecs.edu (Dan Dlugose) writes:
> In article <1990Sep5.143306.28559@caen.engin.umich.edu> jfmjfm@caen.engin.umich.edu (John Mansfield) writes:
> >In article <115@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (Jim Collymore) writes:
> >>
> >>Look into a new application called:  Toolbook
> >>THis came out about the same time Windows 3.0 did, and I believe it allows you
> >>to convert HyperCard stacks and run them on MS-Dos with Windows 3.0.
>      Although the scripting language "OpenScript" is almost identical
> to "HyperTalk" (it seems stolen!), there us not YET a released
> program for converting stacks to books
> -- 
> Dan Dlugose

There IS a product out on the market supposedly able to convert HyperCard
stacks to ToolBook books!  It is called "ConvertIt!" developed by the
HyperMedia group.

Loosely excerpting from Heizer Software's latest catalog:  ConvertIt! converts
stacks into HIFF (HyperMedia Interchange File Format) on the Macintosh side. 
HIFF files are then moved to the PC platform via a network, diskettes, modem,
etc.  On the PC side, ConvertIt! reads HIFF files and creates new ToolBook
books.  The program does not rely on Apple's proprietary file formats when
creating the HIFF file.  It is claimed that most HyperCard stacks should
convert 100%.  With complicated stacks which contain XCMDs & XFCNs and complex
scripts, the converter should be able to do about 80% of the conversion work.

You can get more info about ConvertIt!, as well as purchase it, from Heizer
Software.  THe cost is $199.  Heizer's phone number is:  800-888-7667

I hope this helps.

						Jim Collymore