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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Disappearing Mouse!
Message-ID: <24906@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Jan 89 03:08:18 GMT
References: <146@ai.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <146@ai.cs.utexas.edu> yvo@cs.utexas.edu (Yvonne van Olphen) writes:
>currently using System 6.0.2).  Every time the mouse pointer crosses
>over the HyperCard window, it disappears (no cute little hand, no
>nothing).  Do I need a newer version of HyperCard, or what?

The problem is rooted in a font conflict. HyperCard's cursors (the hand
and the various paint cursors) are stored as characters in a font that
the HyperCard application contains. If the ID of this font is the same
as the ID of a font installed in the system, weirdness results.

The fix is to give HyperCard's font its own FOND resource (which is used
by the system to mediate font ID conflicts). The procedure: launch Font/DA
Mover. Holding down the option key, click the open button (this lets you
access fonts from any file). Locate and open HyperCard. Move the font
into another (new) suitcase document. Then move it back to HyperCard.
This will bestow a FOND on the font, and should eliminate ID problems.
(IMPORTANT: as with any resource modification, do this to a COPY of
the HyperCard application.)

jeanne a. e. devoto