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From: guzdial@zug.csmil.umich.edu (Mark Guzdial)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: need info on PLUS
Summary: PLUS works well on DOS, WPfields, too.
Keywords: PLUS
Message-ID: <F!7+_1F@engin.umich.edu>
Date: 31 May 91 00:02:04 GMT
References: <1991May29.143748.1972@fwi.uva.nl> <1991May29.190728.27093@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sender: Mark Guzdial
Organization: Cognitive Science Machine Intelligence Laboratory, U of M.
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We've been using PLUS to develop a multimedia authoring environment
that we're distributing at NECC next June.  I developed the first
version in HyperCard, converted it to Mac PLUS, then moved it to DOS
PLUS -- and it ran the first try.  No problems, no modifications.

We use the WPfield extensively and it works well.  

We're also manipulating paint and draw objects from scripts, so I 
can't confirm Howard Marvel's experiences.  To get around problems with who 
catches clicks, we generate an object to the user's specs (e.g., rect, oval,
fills, whatever), then move it to the right place, and let the user 
manipulate it from there.

We've got everything we need to print on one card, so we just do
"Print Card" for printing.  I don't know about handling labels.

I don't know how to change the menubar in DOS PLUS, but we got around
it by putting up a paintObject menubar and using the PLUS' PopUpMenu
function to create a working substitute.  (It actually looks a lot more
Mac-like than Windows-like, but it works.)
  Mark Guzdial