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From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Old XCMDs/XFCNs under HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: XCMD XFCN HYPERCARD
Message-ID: <48391@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 91 19:18:13 GMT
References: <17942@brahms.udel.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <17942@brahms.udel.edu> mchupa@brahms.udel.edu (Michael A Chupa)
writes:
>After receiving HyperCard 2.0 bundled with some educational stacks
>for teachers (I say this because I don't have the full HyperCard 2.0
>release), I have converted selected stacks to 2.0 format. When I try to
>bring up ResCopy (installed in my 1.2.5 Home stack) HyperCard either
>quits (under MultiFinder) or locks the system up. Any caveats on using
>old externals under 2.0?

The old version of ResCopy does a couple of things that it probably
shouldn't do.  It's one of the few old XCMDs we know of that don't
work under 2.0.  Steve Maller is working on a revised version.

Kevin Calhoun
HyperCard Team
Apple Computer, Inc.