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From: land@hpccc.HP.COM (David M. Land)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Animate?
Message-ID: <920003@hpccc.HP.COM>
Date: 26 May 88 16:54:52 GMT
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> What is the recommended method for animating in hypercard.
> 

If you just want to pick up a piece of a card's art, write a 
script that selects the lasso tool, clicks at a point somewhere
near the edge of the object, drags around the object (this is the
hard part, if the object is complex, you have to type a lot of
drag coordinates), then clicks on the selected object, and drags
it along the animation path at whatever dragspeed is selected.
I've seen this work on a stack called "Talk Tools," available at
your friendly neighborhood BBS.  Mail me if you can't find it.

Dave Land

Disclaimer (or is it Disk-lamer?):

"I work for 'em, but I don't speak for 'em.  If questioned, they
will deny my very existence."