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From: suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HyperCard Experts: Some Advise Please
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Date: Fri, 23-Oct-87 01:13:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 23 01:13:33 1987
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Organization: Univ of Texas Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
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Summary: Usefulness and my bibliography stack

In article <462@aucs.UUCP> peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele) writes:
>[...]
>report generation. Is this two much for HyperCard? I now that I could
>make stacks for each of these databases, but how easy would it be to
>manage the data once its all in there. Can data entry be validated? For
>[...]

(I tried to mail some of the following to whoever requested
bibliography stacks, but it bounced.)

I implemented report generation in a form:  formatting a multi-field
bibliographic entry and spitting it out into a text-only file.  I wanted
to generate entries I could include in a Word document with minimal
editing.  (The usual printout of fields by columns was not at all what
I needed.)

I imagine that entry validation could be added as a button
to hit after the entry is finished.  Someone clever might be able
to explain how to automatically check the field contents when you hit TAB to
move the cursor to the next field.

Is it possible to generate a full-blown MacWrite or Word document from
HyperCard, assuming that you knew the appropriate format?  I just wanted
to insert italicization, but couldn't figure it out  by looking at Word
documents with just FEDIT.

If anyone would like to get a copy of my bibliography stack, including
help info, just send me a diskette and a self-addressed, stamped
envelope.  It's not perfect yet, but is useful.

P. O. Box 8041, Austin, TX 78713
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Paul Suhler        suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU	512-474-9517/471-3903