Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!mandrill!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!hodge!pnet06!bmenell From: bmenell@pnet06.cts.com (Bryan Menell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Various Replies Message-ID: <394@hodge.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 18:47:11 GMT Sender: rusty@hodge.UUCP Organization: People-Net [pnet06], Orange, CA Lines: 37 First of all, thanks to Edward Moy, Tim G. Johnson, and Dave Nowak for responding to my TOPS/hypercard problems. It's all being included in a little information packet to the HyperCard team. How can I put a TIFF image into a card? Or can I only use Macpaint format >images? Is there a way to write a XCMD that would display a TIFF file? HyperCard only accpets MacPaint images. You can write an XCMD to display TIFF files, of course! Or you could think of converting them to PICT and using DisplayPict, an already-written XCMD. I wish I could remember the authors name to credit him/her, but it is available on most BBS's and commercial on-line services. >Re: Too much recursion. Usually what happens is you are trapping "on openCard" in your stack script, and in that script is a "go to next card." Of course, that calls openCard again, executes your openCard script (even though it hasn't quit out of the last one yet) and after 5 times or so, you get your recursion error. If your script was in the card script area, you wouldn't get this problem. You might also try researching the "lockMessages" command in HyperTalk. This will temporarily turn the sending of messages up the HyperCard hierarchy. I've found it useful many times myself in these situations. Bryan +-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-+ Bryan Menell, Stackhead UUCP: hodge.cts.com!pnet06!bmenell Pisces Publishing/HyperMedia Group ARPA: hodge!pnet06!bmenell@crash nosc.mil 17155 Newhope, Suite B INET: bmenell@pnet06.cts.com Fountain Valley, CA 92708 CI$ <72307,2100> GEnie [B.MENELL] (714) 540-6744 Fax: (714) 540-6936 AppleLink: D1319 "We just can't spend the money fast enough." -Gassee at Spring Developers Conf +-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-+