Metacard IDE installation

[Klaus Major]

Hi Shari,

> I've seen references to the instructions for installing the  
> Metacard IDE into Revolution, but no URLs to the instructions.  I  
> would try it from the various emails I've read recently, but it  
> sounded like the newest version of Revolution has different  
> instructions than other versions.
>
> So.... how do I get the MC IDE up and running in Revolution 2.7.3?

well, the answer had been on this list three days ago ;-)

OK, here is what you have to do:

1. Start MC 2.5.x or 2.6.x or any licensed version PRIOR to 2.7X!!!!!!!
2. Edit the script of card 1 of stack "home"
3. Add these lines to the script:

> on preOpenStack
>   put "MetaCard" && the version && the platform && "engine"\
>       & cr & "Copyright © 2001 MetaCard Corporation" \
>       & cr & "All Rights Reserved" into field "Copyright"
>   repeat for each line l in the customKeys["preferences"] of this  
> stack
>     if the number of words in l is 1
>     then do "set the" && l && "to the preferences[" & quote & l &  
> quote & "] of this stack"
>   end repeat
########   The following lines!!
   if the version >= "2.7" then
     start using stack "mctools.mc"
     if the platform <> "MacOS" then
         open stack "mctools.mc"
     end if
     set the defaultStack to "home"
     reset cursors
   end if
########
...

4. Close the script, save the stack and
5. you are ready to use MC 2.7.x, after updating the engine inside  
the app package!

Hope that helps.


> Shari
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Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de