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I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an easy conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?



I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise i would use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and import it to livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the resource fork, i would have to do that by hand anyway.



i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard stacks.

There is a known issue with all LiveCode versions from 7 upwards, where
they do not import HyperCard stacks. The simple solution to this is to
download LiveCode 6 (older LiveCode versions are available to download here
<http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/>;), open the HyperCard stack in
LiveCode 6, save it as a LiveCode file, then open it in LiveCode 8.

It's a faff, the LiveCode team are aware of it, and hopefully it will be
fixed soon. For now, the method above works best.

On 11 October 2017 at 14:29, eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard] <
HyperCard-Mailing-List> wrote:

>
>
> I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an easy
> conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?
>
>
> I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise i would
> use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and import it to
> livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the resource fork, i would
> have to do that by hand anyway.
>
>
> i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard
> stacks.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Livecode 8 reads HyperCard stacks.

⁣Met vriendelijke groeten,

Mark Schonewille
http://www.ecxtalk.nl


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Op 11 okt. 2017 15:30, om 15:30, "eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard]" <HyperCard-Mailing-List> schreef:
>I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an easy
>conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?
>
>
>
>I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise i
>would use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and import
>it to livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the resource fork, i
>would have to do that by hand anyway.
>
>
>
>i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard
>stacks.
>
>
>
>
>
>

I hope you are right but I tried to get it to read my stacks and no joy. In contrast, stackplayer 2.x reads them just fine. When I try to read them using livecode 8 - it crashes. And stackplayer reads them just fine so I know they are not corrupted.
Still i will try again and again but i already know LC8 isn't reading them.

Hi Eric,

AFAIK the last LiveCode to import HyperCard stacks is version 6.7,
the "community" edition of which you can download from livecode.org

Paul


__________

Paul Kennan
Dublin Art Glass
62b Heather Road
Sandyford Industrial Estate
Dublin D18 VR92
Ireland
Tel: (+353 1) 295 7261
Fax: (+353 1) 295 7297
Email: paul@[redacted].ieVAT # IE4745333S


On 11 Oct 2017, at 14:29, eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard] wrote:

>
> I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an
> easy conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?
>
>
>
> I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise
> i would use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and
> import it to livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the
> resource fork, i would have to do that by hand anyway.
>
>
>
> i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard
> stacks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks for that idea. OK I try that then. 8 just crashes. Stackrunner does open and read them just fine; idk if that can be hacked around to run metacard home or not. coz yeah ideally i would be developing them in mc rather than lc8 (I prefer the simpler ui)

You need to compact the stack before importing it into LiveCode.

⁣Met vriendelijke groeten,

Mark Schonewille
http://www.ecxtalk.nl


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Op 11 okt. 2017 15:47, om 15:47, "Eric Engle eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard]" <HyperCard-Mailing-List> schreef:
>I hope you are right but I tried to get it to read my stacks and no
>joy. In contrast, stackplayer 2.x reads them just fine. When I try to
>read them using livecode 8 - it crashes. And stackplayer reads them
>just fine so I know they are not corrupted.
>Still i will try again and again but i already know LC8 isn't reading
>them.
>
>
>
>

AFAIK the option to import HC stacks disappeared from the open file dialogue but you still can open them.

⁣Met vriendelijke groeten,

Mark Schonewille
http://www.ecxtalk.nl


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Op 11 okt. 2017 15:49, om 15:49, "Paul Kennan pkennan@[redacted].ie[HyperCard]" <HyperCard-Mailing-List> schreef:
>Hi Eric,
>
>AFAIK the last LiveCode to import HyperCard stacks is version 6.7,
>the "community" edition of which you can download from livecode.org
>
>Paul
>
>
>__________
>
>Paul Kennan
>Dublin Art Glass
>62b Heather Road
>Sandyford Industrial Estate
>Dublin D18 VR92
>Ireland
>Tel: (+353 1) 295 7261
>Fax: (+353 1) 295 7297
>Email: paul@[redacted].ie>VAT # IE4745333S
>
>
>On 11 Oct 2017, at 14:29, eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard] wrote:
>
>>
>> I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an
>> easy conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?
>>
>>
>>
>> I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise
>> i would use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and
>> import it to livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the
>> resource fork, i would have to do that by hand anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard
>> stacks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Right, there's an open bug report about the issue that's been in the
database for some time. Andrew's method is the only way to do it currently.
I keep an old version of LC 6 around for that.
--
Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque@[redacted].comHyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com



On October 11, 2017 9:44:13 AM "Andrew Ferguson andrewferguson500@[redacted].com
[HyperCard]" <HyperCard-Mailing-List> wrote:

> There is a known issue with all LiveCode versions from 7 upwards, where
> they do not import HyperCard stacks. The simple solution to this is to
> download LiveCode 6 (older LiveCode versions are available to download here
> <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/>;), open the HyperCard stack in
> LiveCode 6, save it as a LiveCode file, then open it in LiveCode 8.
>
> It's a faff, the LiveCode team are aware of it, and hopefully it will be
> fixed soon. For now, the method above works best.
>
> On 11 October 2017 at 14:29, eric.engle@[redacted].com[HyperCard] <
> HyperCard-Mailing-List> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I am not on the livecode list; is there a utility that enables an easy
>> conversion of hypercard stacks into any livecode format?
>>
>>
>> I could not find a windows version of metacard anywhere, otherwise i would
>> use that to export the stack to a metacard 2.x format and import it to
>> livecode. i obviously am not concerned about the resource fork, i would
>> have to do that by hand anyway.
>>
>>
>> i have livecode 8.x it does not appear to allow import of hypercard
>> stacks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

Thanks all, downloaded earlier version, stack opened just fine in it. :)