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From: austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Wish List item for HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: Buttons, icons, shapes, fonts
Message-ID: <28570@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 89 18:54:00 GMT
References: <1100@atux01.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1100@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes:
>For the HyperCard 2.0 developers out there, could you please add the following
>to HyperCard:
>
>- The ability to change the shape of the button to any polygon,

You could do this with several overlapping buttons.

>- the ability to assign a button name in vertical position as well as standard
>  horizontal position,
>
>- the ability to make a button name of TWO lines,

You can use a locked text field for these.

>- the ability to assign different (System-bundled) fonts to the button name,

You can change the textFont of a button from the message line (or a script)

>- the ability to assign, create, or copy, icons from your own art work, or other
>   clip art that a user may have WITHOUT having to use RESEDIT or other
>  shareware programs,

There are several XCMDs for doing this from Hypercard now...

>- the ability for a field to sense a mouseClick and perform execute a script.

Lock the field and it can detect mouseClicks, or do a command-click on the
field.

As you can see, most of these are already in HyperCard 1.2.2.  In some cases
(such as the vertical text or polygons) you just have to be a little creative.


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