Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!mucs!liv-cs!phil From: phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: how to make arbitrary-shaped buttons? Message-ID: <445@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> Date: 14 Aug 89 17:13:37 GMT References: <2594@laidbak.UUCP> Organization: Computer Science CSMVAX, Liverpool University Lines: 30 In article <2594@laidbak.UUCP>, rls@laidbak.UUCP (Richard Scott) writes: > > 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. If anyone has any XMCDs etc. that allow you to do this I would like to see them, otherwise HC itself doesn't allow you to do this with non-rectangular buttons. > > 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. > I think it's updating the minute portion of the time on the home card... > rich scott {sun,att}!laidbak!rls > interactive systems corporation voice: (800) LAI-UNIX x255 > naperville, il, usa Phil Jimmieson, *************************************************** Computer Science Dept., * * Liverpool University, * JANET : PHIL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA * PO Box 147 * ARPA : PHIL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Liverpool L69 3BX * * (UK) 051-794-3689 ***************************************************