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From: campbell@brahms.berkeley.edu (Robert I. Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Stack Runner (was Hypercard/Supercard)
Keywords: HyperDA, StackRunner
Message-ID: <1990Mar13.184219.28926@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 90 18:42:19 GMT
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>In article <90068.100211JJK106@psuvm.psu.edu>, I said:
>>
>>Is there any way to transfer Hypercard stacks to Supercard to convert them to
>>stand-alone applications?  Is there any way to do it without transferring to
>>Supercard?  Inquiring minds want to know...
>This translates into "Is it possible to hack a Hypercard file into an
>application?" 

Jeff,
	There is an alternate way to convert a stack to an
application. The folks at Symmetry (writers of HyperDA) have
put the functionality of HyperDA into a "Stack Runner",
which you then "inject" into your stack to make it into a
double-clickable application. Advantage - It creates a
comparatively small application, needing only a small MF
partition to run. Disadvantage - It can only execute the
same subset of HyperTalk as can HyperDA, mostly SHOW, HIDE,
GOTO, etc. No fancy stuff.
	I don't know if they have released this to the commercial
market yet, but it can't hurt to ask them.

					- Robert Campbell -
					campbell@garnet.berkeley.edu
					Math Dept, UC Berkeley