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From: dale@bcm.tmc.edu (Dale A. Samuelsen)
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Subject: Re: Self-Starting Demos
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Date: 8 Mar 90 14:32:44 GMT
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In article <10850@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas 
Niehaus) writes:
> With the original HyperCard, you could do this:  Create a disk with
> just the System file, HyperCard, the Home stack, and the stack that you
> want to run.
> 
> When the system starts up, it will open HyperCard and the Home stack.
> Now, go into the on openStack handler in the Home stack and have it go
> to your stack.

Note that with this method you are distributing a Home stack with your 
stack.  When you do so, you need to be certain that the user of your stack 
& home stack (who may not be a mac or hypercard guru) knows _NOT_ to copy 
the home card to his/her hard drive and by so doing, overwrite the home 
stack there.

With that caveat,  Michael's idea a good one & will work nicely.

Dale A. Samuelsen
Baylor College of Medicine
dale@bcm.tmc.edu
--Any opinions expressed are mine alone and do not necessarily represent 
those of Baylor College of Medicine.