Trouble getting started

[Tom in Carrboro]

Dear All,

I hope that Revolution will allow me to convert to my 6-month-old PC the Hypercard files I created in Mac OS 9 over about 15 years of writing books, especially those notes for books not yet written.

I now have the 30-day free trial of Revolution.

But

1) Revolution orders me to correct my Hypercard stacks, but I cannot because I no longer have a Macintosh.
2) It insists that my Hypercard be 2.2 or later. How can I find out what it was?
3) It instructs me to "choose 'Open stack' from the File menu and choose the Tech Support TimeSaver stack." There is no "Tech Support TimeSaver stack" under "Open Stack."

Can you please help on all three?

Tom in Carrboro

[Mark]

Hi Tom,

If Revolution becomes too picky when you open a HyperCard stack, just turn off messages and/or errors. See the Development menu for this.

Once you have opened the HC stack, just disable the offending scripts by commenting them out. Usually, this applies to doMenu handlers, scripts that use externals, AppleScript, and a few incompatibilities such as the play command.

As far as I know, HC 2.2 is not an absolute necessity. Maybe this is just a safety warning? I'd try anyway, but if you really get stuck I'm sure you can find someone who can convert the stack to 2.2 for you.

I am sure that a HyperCard script in your stack urges you to open the Tech Support TimeSaver stack. The title doesn't sound familiar for me, so it must be part of your own project.

If you need help converting your stacks, feel free to write me a private message.

Best,

Mark

[Tom in Carrboro]

Mark,

Thanks for your tip and offer.

Please tell me how to reach you at <tomgenerous@earthlink.net>.

[Mark]

Hi Tom,

You can click on PM to send a private message. That way you can also send your e-mail address and include any information that you don't want to become public.

Best,

Mark