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From: vanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: NEED HYPERCARD COMPILER <-Attn: Apple/Claris
Message-ID: <44606@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 8 Apr 91 20:29:02 GMT
References: <1991Apr03.062658.25909@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> <12171.27fc846b@zeus.unomaha.edu> <14234@helios.TAMU.EDU>
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In article <14234@helios.TAMU.EDU> jeff@archone.tamu.edu (Jeff Raymond) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr03.062658.25909@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, gonzalm@prism.cs.orst.edu (Mario Gonzales) writes:
>>
>>> I am currently looking for an applications etc that will complile a 
>>> HyperCard Stack and make it  into a free standing application.
>>> 
>
>Although I've never actually used the thing, doesn't SuperCard from
>Silicon Beach create stand-alone, executable applications, yet is able
>to read/understand standard HyperCard stacks?  Granted, it's not (yet)
>compatible with 2.0, but seems like it would be a worthwhile compromise,
>at least from what I know about it, and it sounds like it's a bit more
>robust than HyperCard, even in its 2.0 incarnation (color on cards, not
>just as "pictures", irregularly-shaped buttons, etc).
>
>Does anybody out there use SuperCard (or Plus), and can verify or rip to
>shreds this reply?
>
Yes.  I use SuperCard and HyperCard.  I already posted about the
strengths and differences of these two products.  SuperCard DOES allow
you to create a standalone.  

It doesn't exactly read/understand hypercard stacks, but
SuperCard will CONVERT Hypercard stacks to SuperCard projects.