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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: play/beep problems
Message-ID: <9960@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 1 Feb 90 05:25:47 GMT
References: <9895@hoptoad.uucp> <1935@cbnewsk.ATT.COM> <16286@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <9916@hoptoad.uucp> <16372@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
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In article <9916@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>>So, if some skilled soul out there would check a more recent version of
>>HyperCard than 1.2.1, trapping on the SndNewChannel call and seeing if
>>it's called during the execution of a "play" command, we can find out
>>if this bug has already been fixed, or if I should try to fix it
>>myself.  

Actually, I've gotten an e-mail message from a kind soul who reported
that SndNewChannel is still called only once in HyperCard 1.2.2, but
the problem does not appear to still exist in that version.  HyperCard
does some cryptic munging of its channel in response to suspend and
resume events in 1.2.1 that make it possible to restore the channel to
full functioning by switching to another application and back in
MultiFinder; presumably they put in the same reset code before
beginning any "play" command in 1.2.2.  I'll have to check it out.

In article <16372@boulder.Colorado.EDU> rieman@boulder.Colorado.EDU
(John Rieman) writes:
>Why are you (of all people) still using 1.2.1 anyway?

I don't go to computer stores very often; when I do, it's hard to get
much attention, since I don't look like a businessman or a hippie....

>There are lots
>of nifty new features in 1.2.2, some of which I couldn't do without.
>For example:
>    lock/unlock screen [with visual effect ..., speed..., to image...]
>    select -- so you can select and move/delete an invisible object
>    show/hide picture
>    returnInField and enterInField system messages (to mark end of input) 
>    foundChunk, foundField, and enhancements to the Find command
>    selectedChunk, Field, etc.
>    the option to use cursor keys when editing text in fields

Actually, these are all in 1.2.1 as well, which is why I haven't really
felt the loss before now.

>and, as they say on TV, "minny, minny moore."  

Like the fix to this bug, apparently....

What other tidbits are in there?
-- 
Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com

"Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion."
    - Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"