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The AOL HyperCard Scripting Conference Stacks are some of the most comprehensive tutorial stacks ever written. Here they are, by special arrangement with America Online.

 

The HyperCard Virus Compendium lists HyperCard viruses, inoculations for your Home stack, information about commercial virus checkers, and version 4.3 of Bill Swagerty's HyperCard virus eradicator Vaccine, available for download.

 

HyperCard Tips and Tricks! A collection of some of the slickest HyperCard tips, techniques, workarounds, code snippets and hacks, submitted by our readers. We guarantee there is something in here you don't know — browse the Tips and Tricks library and find out what it is.

 

Revolution and MetaCard

Standalone Builder Reference Sheet An online copy of the reference sheet given out at the RevCon West conference in Monterey, California. This reference addresses additional topics you need to know when using the Revolution standalone builder. Find out about cross-platform icons and their formats, icon editors, installers, and other tidbits necessary to create a professional standalone.
What's a function? For those new to Transcript or programming in general, this article explains what a function handler is, how it differs from a command handler, and provides some simple examples of custom-made functions.
Introduction to Revolution CGIs CGIs provide dynamic content to web sites, and allow flexible delivery of information. This tutorial explains how to use Runtime Revolution as a CGI engine on your server, and walks you through several CGI examples written in Revolution's easy Transcript language.
Shakobox: Scripted musical notation in MetaCard and Revolution Scripted musical notation is not natively available in MetaCard or Runtime Revolution. Now, for Mac and Windows users, there's a solution.
Polling the mouse in MetaCard and Revolution Sometimes a script needs to determine the state of the mouse repeatedly in order to perform a task such as dragging an object. If your script is tracking the mouse within a repeat loop, it could lock up the system. Here's a better way.
Converting HyperCard Stacks to MetaCard or Revolution Conversion of HyperCard stacks to MetaCard or Runtime Revolution is easy if you have some basic information. Walk your way through a step-by-step conversion tutorial. It works with the Runtime Revolution trial version too.

HyperCard

HyperCard Success Stories What is HyperCard? Its versatility makes it tough to define. So to answer that question, here are real-world examples from our readers which will give you an idea of just what HyperCard is capable of — possibly more than you ever realized.
AddColor Reference Stack This tiny one-card stack gives you a quick reference for all the HyperCard AddColor commands. There's a handy color picker, and it auto-copies the syntax to the clipboard too. Free download.
Happy Birthday, HyperCard! celebrates HyperCard's tenth anniversary with song and surprises. Free download.
Bugs in HyperCard 2.4 Here is information on OS 9 incompatibilities with HyperCard 2.4.1, as well as descriptions of a standalone problem with HyperCard 2.4 and a bug in the script editor which could cause you to lose your work.

Articles and Downloads

Casey's Solitaire — it's definitely not your usual solitaire game.
A Simple Adding and Subtracting Machine is an intuitive, animated method for teaching young children the concepts of addition and subtraction. Free download, available for both Mac and Windows.
How To Test Your Stacks Some bullet-proof suggestions for developers who want to release bug-free work

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