Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!rutgers!att!laidbak!rls From: rls@laidbak.UUCP (Richard Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: how to make arbitrary-shaped buttons? Keywords: buttons, fields, buffer, madonna-please-marry-me Message-ID: <2594@laidbak.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 89 23:10:07 GMT Organization: Lachman Associates, Inc., Naperville, IL Lines: 21 I'm wondering how I can produce arbitrarily-shaped buttons in Hypercard, such that I could do, for example, a map of an area, where within the boundaries of each sub-region, I could do a button action. Unfortunately, variations of rectangles just doesn't suffice. Can I *draw* a custom button area, using the drawing tools? None of the HyperCard books I have say this. Also, does HyperCard do some sort of caching of it's state, and then do occasional buffer flushes (e.g. like UNIX's "sync")? I notice when I'm working on my Sun, I can hear my Mac hard-drive do an access once every few minutes or so, but only when HyperCard is running on it (quiescently - on the Home card). Just curious. rich scott {sun,att}!laidbak!rls interactive systems corporation voice: (800) LAI-UNIX x255 naperville, il, usa ---------------- "Addison, what are we going to do?" "Me, I'm examining the major Western religions. I'm looking for something that's soft on morality, generous with holidays, and has a short initiation period." [Dave and Maddie on Moonlighting]