Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #144 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 14 Jul 97 Volume 15 : Issue 144 Today's Topics: [*] ++ ANIMATE XCMD 1.0 ++ [*] BoringClock? 4.2 [*] consensus timers 2.03 hc, alarms/scheduler in hypercard [*] creator changer 2.8.3 [*] custompak2.sit [*] Disinfectant 3.7.1 [*] eScan 1.02 [*] FibonacciBlues [*] FTP Who -b 1.1 [*] ImageViewer 4.43 68K [*] macnetic contaxt [*] SimpleTime 1.0a - A clock of global proportions [*] sock.sit [*] StarDrive 3.1 [*] The Slippy Stack [*] V&N Lookup 1.0.3 - dictionary & spellchecker The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, Liam Breck The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try: Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/. 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We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #144" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:08:59 -0700 From: nshockey@lancnews.infi.net Subject: [*] ++ ANIMATE XCMD 1.0 ++ Subject: +ANIMATE XCMD 1.0 Author: Nikki Shockey Uploaded By: NShockey File: ANIMATE XCMD 1.0 (504352 bytes) Estimated Download Time (28800 baud): < 4 minutes Equipment: Mac, HyperCard, CompileIt! Needs: HyperCard and 32-bit QuickDraw Keywords: COMPILEIT CICN PICT ANIMATION FAST QUICKDRAW GWORLD MASK FLICKER + Staff Pick -- Color graphics zip across the screen (or crawl -- it's your choice ;). No flicker. Works on top of AddColor. Cool demo stack. How could it *not* be a Pick? +++ ANIMATE XCMD 1.0 +++ The ANIMATE XCMD provides a simple way of adding flicker-free graphic animations to a HyperCard stack. You can animate any size picture over any background picture you specify. The animation is produced using the same methods for animation used in today's computer games. The stack includes several demonstrations of the XCMD in action. The stack is totally open for all eyes to view the scripts. The ANIMATE XCMD was created using HeizerSoftware's CompileIt! 2.6.1. The stack and XCMD are not free. If you use the XCMD in any of your stacks, you must pay the shareware fee. A registration payment of $5 will allow you to include the XCMD in as many stacks as you like, and you will receive a copy of the updated versions. If you wish to use this XCMD in commercial stacks, $10 will allow you unlimited use. This stack and the ANIMATE XCMD are both shareware. You may freely distributed this stack as long as it is not changed in anyway. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/animate-xcmd-hc.hqx; 645K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:18 -0700 From: at@cogsci.soton.ac.uk Subject: [*] BoringClock? 4.2 BoringClock? 4.2 - For those people unacqainted with the very first version, this little application is just another one that displays the time. However, this one is system friendly and does not waste screen space by using a little window. This tiny window is displayed in user-definable colors and patterns. BoringClock? only runs on Macintoshes which support Color QuickDraw or it will show a dialog and quit. This version of BoringClock? is way different from the former versions. I have changed a lot of things, added a timer, the window now is a floating one, floating above all other windows! Added an Apple Guide document, accessible from within the application, removed the Processes menu, removed the timezones (on request); stuffed all preferences in one nice dialog; added pixel patterns to the display. Adriaan Tijsseling [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/boring-clock-42.hqx; 267K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:19 -0700 From: Vansprouts@aol.com Subject: [*] consensus timers 2.03 hc, alarms/scheduler in hypercard the enclosed timer application, consensus timers, was originally an alternative to juggling handfuls of digital kitchen timers. now improved and fully documented, it includes drag-able progress bars and supports any number of timers running simultaneously. easy to use, reliable, and unobtrusive in busy and distracting situations, cs-timers can run in background behind other HyperCard stacks and Mac applications. active timers measure real-world elapsed time accurately, even if you quit HyperCard or shutdown and restart. each timer can range from seconds to many years, with optional auto-total/distribution of subtimers for planning and scheduling. reminder alarms may also be set by scripts in other stacks. for more details see the read-me text, and the stacks include template cards and full documentation in hypertext. this is shareware, inexpensive, small, just plain HyperCard, yet professionally produced and of commercial quality. imho, it's an impressive example of HyperCard's capabilities, and you're welcome to read my HyperTalk source code (more than 80k). consensus timers is fully functional (not a demo), and needs no special installation. i hope people will try it and find it useful. thanks, chris van sprouts vansprouts@aol.com (formerly vansprouts@eworld.com) http://members.aol.com/vansprouts/ requires: any Macintosh (68020 or faster recommended), HyperCard 2.3 or later (or HyperCard Player), 1050k memory for HyperCard, and 200k disk space for the cs-timers stacks. category: applications/time additional keywords: clock calendar planner HC stack development scripting programming cvs consensus shareware Consensus Shareware cs timers CS Timers Consensus Timers Chris Van Sprouts VanSprouts copyright (c)1993-7 chris van sprouts, all rights reserved. consensus timers is shareware, commercial distribution restricted. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/consensus-timers-203-hc.hqx; 76K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:08:56 -0700 From: cwasko@snet.net Subject: [*] creator changer 2.8.3 Creator Changer is an application which allows you to edit creator and file types of files. There is an editable automatic change feature, an editable preferred types list, and the dialog boxes support Macintosh Drag and Drop. This version updates the project file for CW Pro 1. Source code is included for Symantec and CodeWarrior. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/creator-changer-283.hqx; 201K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:22 -0700 From: chknguy@usit.net Subject: [*] custompak2.sit It's CustomPak2- a whole new set of seven customizable screensavers from Human Condition Software. These are shell modules which are fun already, but will be great with your own pictures and ideas. For use with AfterDark or Darkside. Includes Animate, Virtual Pet and more! Bonus:LavaLamp! [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/custom-pak-2.hqx; 188K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:08:50 -0700 From: j-norstad@nwu.edu Subject: [*] Disinfectant 3.7.1 Disinfectant 3.7.1 is a new release of our free anti-viral utility for the Macintosh. 3.7.1 Release Notes (July 9, 1997) ---------------------------------- Version 3.7.1 fixes an error which could sometimes cause crashes when scanning very rare kinds of files while pass the new "more lenient" check for damaged resource forks which was introduced in 3.7. 3.7 Release Notes (July 7, 1997) -------------------------------- Version 3.7 detects a minor variation of the MBDF B virus which was properly detected by the 3.6 INIT but not by the 3.6 application. The Disinfectant manual now discusses the Microsoft macro virus problem. The introductory text displayed in Disinfectant's main window warns that Disinfectant does not recognize the macro viruses and refers the user to the manual for more details. The "All Disks" command in the "Scan" menu has been changed to "All Local Disks". This command now only scans local disks, not network AppleShare servers. The "All Disks" command in the "Disinfect" menu has been changed to "All Local Unlocked Disks". This command now only disinfects local unlocked disks, not network AppleShare servers or locked disks like CD-ROMs or locked floppies. If you want to scan or disinfect servers, scan or disinfect them individually, or use the "Some Disks" commands in the "Scan" and "Disinfect" menus. -- John Norstad [Archived as /info-mac/vir/disinfectant-371.hqx; 210K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:09:01 -0700 From: barlowtc@netspace.net.au Subject: [*] eScan 1.02 eScan is a Macintosh utility that provides facilities for the scanning of email messages, and the recognition, extraction and processing of embedded electronic form data. This is achieved by the provision of a software interface between the database product FileMaker Pro and the email program Eudora. The package has been especially oriented for use with web forms. eScan will either scan email messages on command or when informed of the arrival of new mail by Eudora. Any Eudora mailbox may be specified and a choice made whether to scan read or unread mail. For each email message that eScan reads, it determines if it contains embedded form data. If it does, then information about the message is extracted, either from the body of the email message or from an attached document, and a list of 'found' messages constructed. These listed messages may then be displayed, printed, transferred or processed. The processing of a form firstly involves the extraction of the data contained in the form, (if the data is in 'mailto' format ie. url encoded, then it is firstly decoded). If a FileMaker Pro database has been specified for the form, then the extracted data may be written to that file or used to extract data from an existing database record. If a template email reply has been defined, then the template is merged with aspects of the extracted data to generate a customised reply. Reply messages may also, optionally contain outgoing attachments. Requirements The following environment is required by eScan - a) System version 7.5 or later. b) The scriptable Finder (as supplied with System 7.5 onwards). Helper Applications eScan uses the following products - a) Eudora Light, version 1.5.1 onwards. b) Eudora Pro, all versions. c) FileMaker Pro, version 2.1 onwards. Author Contact Tim Barlow email - tim.barlow@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/escan-102-ppc.hqx; 1055K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:09:03 -0700 From: muhenry@eastnet.educ.ecu.edu Subject: [*] FibonacciBlues FibonacciBlues.max.sit.bin is music from mathematics, a standalone click- and-play application that plays bluesy, aleatoric-algorithmic music derived from the Fibonacci series, a famous math constant. Uses 3 high-quality 44100 16-bit .snd files and Mac internal speakers. Directions and information contained within the application. Requires: System 7 + Compression: Stuffit Lite 3.6 Virus free by Disinfectant 3.6 [Archived as /info-mac/art/fibonacci-blues-max.hqx; 931K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:17 -0700 From: eszterm@uni-duesseldorf.de Subject: [*] FTP Who -b 1.1 Who -b shows the time your Macintosh is running since it was last restarted. Who -b is Freeware. Ansgar Esztermann eszterm@uni-duesseldorf.de [Archived as /info-mac/app/who-b-11.hqx; 78K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:08:53 -0700 From: kevinw@zedcor.com Subject: [*] ImageViewer 4.43 68K ImageViewer 4.43 68K is a Macintosh image viewing application perfect for locating, displaying, organizing and printing GIF, JPEG, PICT and TIFF images. Other file types can be read using QuickTime=81 2.5. View and play movies as well! This version fixes bugs associated with 4.4, as well as new features. ImageViewer allows movie play and animated GIF support, as well as a number of view modes. Single image viewing modes include: Full Screen, Fit To Window, and scaled between 25% and 800%. List viewing modes include: Gallery, Gallery Small, and Text. All view modes support file ordering by name, size, type, date and random. System Requirements: Any Macintosh compatible computer 8MB of RAM or more System 7.1 or greater QuickTime=81 =46or more information, please read document files, or visit our Web page: http://www.imageviewer.com Thanks, Kevin Wleklinski Plato Grande Software http://www.imageviewer.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/imageviewer-443-68k.hqx; 626K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:09:04 -0700 From: a.wagner@macnetic.de Subject: [*] macnetic contaxt macnetic contaxt is a shareware contact manager with integrated "letter-editor" and easy-to-use, powerful printing-options for printing on lables, envelopes as list or as addressbook. macnetic contaxt is available in german language only. Kurzbeschreibung: macnetic contaxt ist die Loesung fuer das komfortable Arbeiten mit Adressen und Briefen in einem Programm. Die schnelle, vielseitige Adressverwaltung von macnetic contaxt ist die solide Basis zur kinderleichten Erstellung von Serienbriefen und zum unkomplizierten Drucken Ihrer Adressen auf Umschlaege, Etiketten, als Adressbuch oder in Listenform. Adressverwaltung: - Sehr einfaches Erstellen von Serienbriefen. - Import/Export in verschiedenen Formaten und beliebiger Feldreihenfolge. - Schnelles Suchen/Ersetzen und Sortieren. - Umfangreiche Auswahlmoeglichkeiten mit unterschiedlichen Verknuepfungen. - Je 16 Felder pro Adresse mit Notizfeld fuer bis zu 4000 Zeichen. - Aenderbare Feldbezeichnungen und Formatierungen. - Uebersichtliche, aenderbare Darstellung in Listenform. - Ein-/ Ausgabe von Audio-Anmerkungen. - 32 verschiedene Kategorien definierbar. - Waehlen von Telefonnummern direkt aus dem Adressbuch. Briefeditor: - Import/Export ueber XTND-Technologie. - Drag & Drop Unterstuetzung. - Absatzorientiertes, komfortables Lineal mit vielen Funktionen. - Formatvorlagen (schnelle Zuweisung von Absatz- und/oder Zeichenformaten). - Einfaches Einfuegen von Platzhaltern fuer Adressfelder, Datum und Uhrzeit zum Serienbriefdruck. - WYSIWYG-Darstellung und Seitenvoransicht. - Formularblock-Unterstuetzung. - Alle wichtigen Funktionen wie: Suchen und Ersetzen, "Undo", Tabulatoren, Absatzeinzug, Textrahmen... Andreas Wagner macnetic software http://www.macnetic.de [Archived as /info-mac/app/macnetic-contaxt-24-de.hqx; 782K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:21 -0700 From: catara@idir.net Subject: [*] SimpleTime 1.0a - A clock of global proportions SimpleTime is a small, and powerful clock application. It is designed to supplement the Menubar clock by providing the the ability to switch between 30 different time zones. SimpleTime also complements Kaleidoscope and Aaron by allowing the user to change the default colors. Users who might find SimpleTime useful would include: - Users who arrange online chats - Users who do business world-wide. - Business travelers - Relatives living in different time zones - etc. New in Version 1.0 - Initial public release System Requirements - 680x0 or PowerPC - System 7 - 128K of Free Memory [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/simple-time-10a.hqx; 111K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:24 -0700 From: chknguy@usit.net Subject: [*] sock.sit Sock Monkey Goes to Town! This Afterdark/Darkside screensaver is just plain fun. After you've watched Sock Monkey drive around for a while, use ResEdit to make your own buddies drive the car. this is really fun, even if you don't need a new screensaver. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/sock.hqx; 54K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 17:19:25 -0700 From: sperspect@mindspring.com Subject: [*] StarDrive 3.1 StarDrive is an exciting way of saving your screen. With a colorful splash of stars, your Mac warps through space at the speed of your choice. Version 3.1 adds some great new features such as: security, automatic activation after an idle time period and sleep corners! This is a demo version that contains all the above features except for security. For more information on on this product, visit our web site at www.mindspring.com/~sperspect. Requires a Macintosh or Power Macintosh running System 7.0 or later and a color display. Software Perspectives (703) 643-1110 3084 Peachtree Court, Lake Ridge, Virginia 22192-1518 E-Mail: sperspect@mindspring.com Web Site: http://www.mindspring.com/~sperspect/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/star-drive-31.hqx; 473K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:09:06 -0700 From: rgriffin@mail.erols.com Subject: [*] The Slippy Stack This is an animation about that dumb frog in StarFox 64. If you don't own StarFox 64 or haven't played it then this animation probably won't be that funny. You'll need HyperCard 2.x to view it or HyperCard player. It has some violence in it. visit our web page: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6187 [Archived as /info-mac/art/the-slippy-stack.hqx; 160K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 21:08:55 -0700 From: jiwanski@alpha.luc.ac.be Subject: [*] V&N Lookup 1.0.3 - dictionary & spellchecker 'V&N Lookup' is a simple program to search dictionaries belonging to Verbs&Nouns and check the spelling. The search is performed on any number of databases simultaneously. The program can be used in combination with any text-based application because it searches for any word that you copy to the clipboard. To learn more about the Verbs&Nouns databases, download the program 'Verbs & Nouns' which is available from the same places as this application. The American-English spelling dictionary is included. The application 'V&N Lookup' is part of my 'Foreign Language Toolkit' project. To try out the program you can download not-protected databases and play with them. The examples of them are: Italian Verbs - Italian Nouns - English Dictionary - Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-lookup-104.hqx; 1316K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************