Revolution and MetaCard

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 programming language.

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.

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.

Converting HyperCard Stacks to Revolution
Conversion of HyperCard stacks to 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.

The Revolution Scripting Conferences are a series of tutorial stacks, written by some of the best experts in the field, to teach you Revolution from the ground up. Start with the first, work your way through in sequence, and soon you'll be an expert too. Mirrored here with Runtime's permission.

Articles and Downloads

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.

What's a function?
For those new to Revolution 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.

Casey's Solitaire
It's definitely not your usual solitaire game. A free download for bird lovers.

How To Test Your Stacks
Some bullet-proof suggestions for developers who want to release bug-free work

Miscellaneous

Other hypermedia links and resources

Historical HyperCard Pages

HyperCard Stories
Here is the best way to answer the question, "What is HyperCard?" — with real world examples.

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. You can search the tips and tricks by keyword.

The AOL HyperCard Scripting Conference Stacks
A series of tutorials to teach you HyperCard, originally presented live on AOL. Possibly still useful to x-talk newcomers and historians.

HyperCard AddColor Reference
A convenient, free little stack to help you work with HyperCard's AddColor XCMD.