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From: jacob@latcs1.oz.au (Jacob L. Cybulski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Object Graphics (QUERY)
Message-ID: <8731@latcs1.oz.au>
Date: 10 Sep 90 03:39:27 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Is there any public or commercial utility to organise a set of MacDraw-like
tools allowing the construction of Hypercard cards of movable graphical
objects. Preferably, the objects would behave as HC buttons and have
scripts attached.

If there is no such tools available, how difficult would it be to
interface an XCMD to an independent program window and to control
all the graphics behaviour from HC?

I tried to trick HC into doing sort of primitive object-graphics with
buttons. So far I managed to construct a few object-like buttons, e.g. lines
and polygons, I am having quite a few problems refreshing the card as
draging objects across, or worse tracking the mouse clicks into a particular
button (if rectangular buttons are used as hosts for lines and polys then
they are going to overlap, quite a lot).

Perhaps HC 2.0 solves all these problems and provides an extensive set
of button shapes? Perhaps the window and program interface is better?
I am new to Hypercard so perhaps I missed something out?

Jacob L. Cybulski

Amdahl Australian Intelligent Tools Program
Department of Computer Science
La Trobe University
Budoora, Vic 3083, Australia

Phone: +613 479 1270
Fax:   +613 470 4915
Telex: AA 33143
EMail: jacob@latcs1.oz