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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: More Misc Easy HC Questions
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Date: 12 Sep 90 11:04:03 GMT
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Pat Breitenbach:
|1. Is there any way to implement scrollable text in the 
|   background?

Yes, HC 2.0 will provide that functionality.


|2. Does HyperCard support any formatting in text fields? The only
|   thing I really need are tabs.

Yes, HC 2.0 does do field text formatting, but doesn't do tabs.
Perhaps you really want to have several adjacent fields that all
scroll together. If that's the case, there are several XCMDs and
scripts that do the job. One of them will be included in the 2.0
package.

bill coderre
private consultant with a passion for late night hacking

one of the greatest advantages of working at home is that you can
drink milk all night, instead of food service coffee. That and the
spontaneous James Brown impersonations.