Good day all.

I've been perusing the archives here for leads and have hit several
brick walls.

One of my clients has several dozen hypercard stacks containing all her
addresses. The stacks were written for her by someone who is long gone
and I need to help her get the data into some other format. At this
point I don't much care what format it is as long as it will run
natively in OS 10.3+ (though Excel or Filemaker would be easiest on
me.)

The kicker is that the Hypercard my client is using is v.1.2.2 and I
can find no Import/Export Utility stacks or Help stacks or even any
good documentation on how to write scripts. (They may have existed at
one time, possibly 2 or 3 computers ago.) I've tried some of the
simpler scripts posted here and other places, but I get errors that
don't tell me what the problem is, just that there is one.

Is there a site that has a manual on it? Or a place to download
helpful stacks? (Ones that will work with version 1.2.2) I'm afraid
I'll have no hair left at the rate I'm going... <grin>

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Peggy

Dear Peggy,

At http://economy-x-talk.com you will find DIFfersifier, which
is a utility that converts HyperCard stacks. I am not fully sure
that it works with v.1.2.2, but there is a good chance that it
will. Let me know if you encounter any problems (you will find
contact information on the web site and in the documentation
that comes with DIFfersifier).

Best regards,

Mark


Peggy wrote:
> Good day all.
>
> I've been perusing the archives here for leads and have hit several
> brick walls.
>
> One of my clients has several dozen hypercard stacks containing all her
> addresses. The stacks were written for her by someone who is long gone
> and I need to help her get the data into some other format. At this
> point I don't much care what format it is as long as it will run
> natively in OS 10.3+ (though Excel or Filemaker would be easiest on
> me.)
>
> The kicker is that the Hypercard my client is using is v.1.2.2 and I
> can find no Import/Export Utility stacks or Help stacks or even any
> good documentation on how to write scripts. (They may have existed at
> one time, possibly 2 or 3 computers ago.) I've tried some of the
> simpler scripts posted here and other places, but I get errors that
> don't tell me what the problem is, just that there is one.
>
> Is there a site that has a manual on it? Or a place to download
> helpful stacks? (Ones that will work with version 1.2.2) I'm afraid
> I'll have no hair left at the rate I'm going... <grin>
>
> Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Peggy
>

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http://www.ehug.info
http://home.wanadoo.nl/mark.sch
http://www.economy-x-talk.com

Dear Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion.
DIFfersifier worked like a champ.
(Even if it did take me a month to find the time to get to it. <grin>)

Thanks!
Peggy

Hi Peggy,

I'm glad it worked for you. If you have any comments and
suggestions, please let me know.

Best regards,

Mark


Peggy wrote:
> Dear Mark,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> DIFfersifier worked like a champ.
> (Even if it did take me a month to find the time to get to it. <grin>)
>
> Thanks!
> Peggy
>

--

eHUG coordinator
http://www.ehug.info
http://home.wanadoo.nl/mark.sch
http://www.economy-x-talk.com