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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard as a Graphic Front End
Message-ID: <588@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 87 19:01:09 GMT
References: <2468@im4u.UUCP>
Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
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In article <2468@im4u.UUCP> suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) writes:
>The question of what is HyperCard good for reminded me of a demo I
>saw at a HyperCard expo that Apple sponsored here last month.  One
>of the demos was a stack that was a front end for a commercial
>dial-up database.  (I don't remember which one.)  The point was
>to substitute clicking on buttons for entering command strings.
>
>The main card, as I remember, looked like a library card catalog,
>with each drawer representing one of the major subdivisions of the
>database.  I suppose that this representation was recursive on the
>levels in the hierarchy.
>
>Has anyone else heard of any similar use of HyperCard as a front end?
>-- 
>Paul Suhler        suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU	512-474-9517/471-3903


I've not heard of it, but have plans to implement user-friendly front-ends
to some of our more user-hostile software packages by using HyperCard.  The
problem is:  How do I treat an incoming ASCII serial string thru the modem
port as input to HyperCard?  Can I create a HyperCard event on each RETURN?
Will I need an external software interfacing program or can I use what is
already in HyperCard???

216-581-5976
-- 
Rob Lake
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