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From: drc@dbase.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: problems with visual effects
Message-ID: <268@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 09:18:52 EST
Article-I.D.: dbase.268
Posted: Wed Nov 18 09:18:52 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 08:40:52 EST
References: <4@ovaltine.berkeley.edu> <13160@felix.UUCP>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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In article <13160@felix.UUCP>, john@felix.UUCP (John Gilbert) writes:
> In article <4@ovaltine.berkeley.edu> rusty@velveeta.berkeley.edu () writes:
> >Sorry if this is has already been discussed.  Please mail me your
> >response.
> >
> >On a Mac II with multifinder and the system (4.2?) and finder (6.0?)
> >that came with multifinder none of the visual effects (zoom, barn door,
> >iris, wipe, etc.) work.  Has anybody heard of this bug?  Is there any
> >way to fix it?
> 
> I had never heard of it, but I have observed the exact same thing.  I had
> a small presentation stack with some nice dissolves in it which failed to
> do anything but some default, tho I think the default was wipe down, which
> I don't think is the normal default.  At any rate, I wanted to lend
> credence to your report.
> 

The observation is correct.  If you want to see the visual effects on your Mac
II, you need to go to "2-bit" mode.  Bill Atkinson does not support the visual
effects if you aren't in "standard Mac" video mode.  The visual effects are
produced by writing directly to the screen, just as MacPaint does, but at least
in HyperCard he checks to see what his environment is and turns off the effects
if the video mode doesn't support it.  If you really want to see some wierd
behavior, run HyperCard on the II under MultiFinder and start switching windows.
Try to guess which window is in front.

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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Disclaimer:  ^^ My opinions, all mine ^^