| Title | Description |
| Sample Scripts Stack | This card contains important information about the Sample Scripts stack.... |
| A Different Way to Hilite Text | Here's a way to hilite text in a slightly differeny... |
| Activate Application | This script uses Visual Basic to bring an application to... |
| AddColor Status Bar | Another discussion with Ken Norris, this time about drawing a... |
| Admin Rights | This AppleSript snippet is an example of how to make... |
| AltFont Docs | Documentation included with AltFont.... |
| Answer & Ask UserTalk | A few more user examples: answer, ask, and answer with... |
| Answer and Ask with AS (nice) | Here's a solution for using AppleScript dialogs inside HyperCard and retrieving... |
| Answer AS | Compare this script with the Answer HT script.... |
| Answer HT | Compare this script with the Answer AS script.... |
| Answer Program AS Version | The AppleScript version of «answer program "Prompt"».... |
| Answer with QK in HT | Just an answer example, using QuicKeys.... |
| AnswerFile AS | Choose a file using a nice file dialog and navigation... |
| Appearence Manager Stuff | A simple applescript to return the small system font of... |
| Application installed or not? | This script tests whether an application is present on your... |
| Application Running or Not | This little script shows how to check whether an application... |
| Applications & Extensions | Get list of applications and their file extensions.... |
| ArrowKeys | From Steve Drazga 12/87 This version was copied from the Developer... |
| ART HyperText Trick | This version was copied from the Developer Stack 1.1 DOUBLE CLICK... |
| AS Studio Review | Article. Press tiangle to read. Comes from AS ng. Written by Simon... |
| Ask & Answer Dlog patches for Rev. | Every time when I update Revolution, I apply these patches.... |
| AskFile() AS | An AppleScript script that uses navigation services (if available) rather... |
| Autorun CD | When someone inserts the CD into a Windows PC, it... |
| BackUp AS | "Here's my script of Backup (for OS pre-X only) in... |
| BackWards Linewise and Textwise | Hi all, How are things going? I wrote a little script... |
| boingharmony | This script demonstrates using sound channels. Probably, this one is... |
| Call a Script AS | Call a script from another script.... |
| Case Sensitive Offset | HyperTalk case sensitive offset function.... |
| Case Sensitive Offset (CompileIt!) | COMPILEIT HANDLER - This script should compile in the demo... |
| Case Sensitive Offset w/delete | HyperTalk case sensitive offset function.... |
| Center Window on Screen | The screenRect is the rect of the current card window's... |
| Center Window Relative to Card Window | This is a short script that returns the coordinates of... |
| Center Window to Screen 2 | This function uses the window ID to avoid problems with... |
| CenterImage | Script by Colin Holgate to move the card picture to... |
| Change Folder Icon | Change icon of a folder to icon of a particilar... |
| Change Mail's default text display | Changing Mail.App's default display setting for e-mail messages from html... |
| Change Name Folder Action | This folder action changes the name of a file that... |
| Change Permissions | Here is an easy way for changing permissions. This is... |
| Changing Location AS | > Howdy, > > I note that the Location Manager control panel... |
| CheckWidth() | This function returns the text width of a field. It... |
| Choose from List AS | This AppleScript shows a dialog with a list and lets... |
| ChooseFolder | An example of selecting a folder using AppleScript, which uses... |
| ChooseFolder() AS | An AppleScript script that uses navigation services (if available) rather... |
| ClickCentral | Geoff Johnson-Brett, July 2003. _____________________________ Click anywhere INSIDE... |
| ClickLine Fun | A way to get the clickLine only if it is... |
| Clip2File | > Hi Ben, > > Actually, it is not a problem if... |
| Clock | This is a clock I made once, try to figure... |
| Close Apple Guide Upon Quit | The problem of Apple Guide is that its windows don't... |
| CNTL Resource | >How do I use those? Well, create a 'CNTL' resource and... |
| Color button animation | 1. create a series of icons to "animate" using Hypercard's... |
| Color Text (CompileIt!) | COMPILEIT HANDLER - Syntax Example: put the rect... |
| Colour Hilites | The buttons on the left show a few different ways... |
| Colour Printing | 1. Take any picture, including color, and put it into... |
| Combinations | The Combinations function returns all possible combinations of characters in... |
| Combine PDFs | Hello group, A couple of times I and others have asked... |
| Cond'l Idle B&W Indicator | Not a very good conditional idle handler, but a nice... |
| Conditional Idle | This script makes a button blink if the mouse is... |
| Controlling tabbing order | Tab takes the cursor to the next unlocked field, so... |
| Convert Garbage2Text | Sometimes, when I copy text from a PDF file, the... |
| Convert QuickTime Files | Ok... I'm no scripter myself, so I turn to... |
| Copy Color Data | Copy a colorized card and paste it, with all... |
| Copy Objects from/to a Stack | Here is a script that re-creates (instead of copies) the... |
| Copying objects with SuperGrouper | One way of copying multiple items is through Super Grouper... |
| Count Instances | A quick way to count all instances of a particular... |
| Countdown Timer | Here's one way that displays the remaining seconds (from 3600... |
| Countdown Timer 2 | Here is a different version that displays the remaining time... |
| Countdown Timer 3 | Display time on the card by placing a field onto... |
| Country Code | This script returns the country code of your localized system,... |
| Create Alias to Application | Create an aliuas to an application on Mac OS X. ... |
| CreateFolder() AS | Use AppleScript to create a new folder at a particular... |
| Creator Types and File Types AS | Two scripts to set the creator and file type of... |
| Csv2vcf Conversion | This script by Paul Foraker, largely based on the work... |
| Dates Comparing Trouble | This script illustrates a problem with comparing dates.... |
| DaysBetweenDates | subtracts endDate from startDate and returns days note same days... |
| DecToHex | Jon Bettancourt's decimal-to-hexadecimal handlers look like they should do the... |
| Default Find (String) Command | >Thanks for the several responses, which got me digging.... > >Turns out... |
| Dehilite Field on OpenCard | To make sure that no line is hilited in a... |
| Delay AS | An AppleScript example, showing the use of an ask dialog... |
| Delete Files and Empty Trash | An appleScript to delete the contens of a folder and... |
| DeleteFile() | The AppleScript deleteFile show how to delete files. Don't try... |
| Deleting Cards Unintentionally | This script prevents deleting cards unintentionelly.... |
| Dialog with Timeout and Error | "Kev-mo" > I'd like the dialog box to remain... |
| Do text as HyperTalk | This script runs a selected HyperTalk script in a text... |
| Download with AS 2 | A slightly better download, it seems. If there is not... |
| Download with URL Access | This script downloads a picture from the internet and has... |
| Drag N Drop files (AppleEvents) | Modify HyperCard's BNDL resource so you can drop clippings or... |
| Drag Text | This script deals with card fields, but you can change... |
| Draw Circle and Check Point | You can draw a circle by plotting sin(angle) *radius, cos(angle)... |
| E-Mail Address Scrambling | Here's one simple way to scramble an e-mail address in... |
| E-Mail Body Text | Get the body text of the currently selected e-mail in... |
| Eject Volumes AS | papiz wrote: | how to distinguish a cd/dvd from an hard... |
| Empty Temporary Items fldr | This script empties the temporary items folder. You can ignore the... |
| EmptyClipboard() | This script tests whether the clipboard is empty ... |
| Environment Variables for Unix | A list of unix environment variables that can be used... |
| Error catching and find line in script | After quite a long discussion on the HyperCard Mail List,... |
| Error Handling in AppleScript | Errorhandling in appleScript : onderaan vind je een vb. ... |
| Exchange Data with Excel | Sure... this is based on modifying the "put ... into... |
| Export HTML | Click the Export HTML button to try this demo script.... |
| Export TEXT Resource Content | Exports name, ID and content of TEXT resources to a... |
| Extract Words (http) | Extract words is a function that finds web addresses in... |
| Factorial | This script safely handles any value, including "ten" and "3*(8/4)":... |
| File Associations | An E-Mail from Ken Ray to the Revolution Use List... |
| FileAtRoot | FileAtRoot: a function that determines if a file is present... |
| Filename with Matchtext | A matchtext version which returns the short name of a... |
| Find Again and again and... | This is a script that keeps finding occurrences of a... |
| Find Again... | Please, click the doFind handler only and then press commandKey-G. Following... |
| Find Styled Chunks | Finds any named style in text. Takes a field name... |
| Folder action on opening fldr | An example of a folder action. Create a script in script... |
| FolderList | This is another example of a script that creates a... |
| Get BG Card Number | If you have two backgrounds which are mixed, for example... |
| Get Dimensions (Arrays) | Some array faking stuff.... |
| Get FileModDates AS | Original script by Michelle Steiner. This script return a list of... |
| Get HC Path Name | Returns the path to the file.... |
| Get MAC address | Two functions to help you find out the MAC address... |
| Get Subfolders | This script demonstrates how to retrieve a list of folder... |
| Get Subfolders 2 | Hoi Rob! It was a nice and interesting... |
| Get/Set Creator | Here are four sets of HyperTalk handlers: 1. get the creator... |
| getASCIIList() | Alright then. Here is a brief function that created a... |
| GetBrowser() | This script returns the creator type of your browser. It... |
| GetFullPath | This is a function to find the full path name... |
| getMostFrontApp() AS | Functions that returns the frontmost application. If you run the script... |
| getStartupItems | Script to get a list of startup item of the... |
| GetVolumes | This script uses AppleScript to return a list of all... |
| GlobalMouseLoc | The function globalMouseLoc returns the mouseLoc relative to the topleft... |
| Hardwrap text | The hardwrap handler puts returns after each line of a... |
| HC Mail List Info | You can join or change settings at this web address:... Click... |
| Help Balloon with Styled Text in Finder | To create a Finder help balloon for an application of... |
| HexToDec | H2d and hexToDec2 don't work or they do work but... |
| Hide Application in MacOS X | To hide an application process in MacOS X, open the... |
| Hide Process from List | Hide process from list. Put this script into an applet. Run... |
| Hiding stay-open applets | Create your script saving as an applet, and be sure... |
| Hover and Hilite without Clicking | Here's away to hilite text in a field without clicking.... |
| How to stream the movie | --- Devin Asay <Devin_Asay@by....> wrote: I was thinking about how... |
| HyperCard FAQ , The Basics - Part 1 | HyperCard FAQ - The Basics A text-based view of the HyperCard... |
| HyperCard FAQ , The Basics - Part 2 | HyperCard FAQ - The Basics A text-based view of the HyperCard... |
| HyperCard FAQ , The Basics - Part 3 | ... |
| HyperCard Past & Future | This article comes from the Apple website http://www.apple.com. I think... |
| HyperCard? Is that still around? | Article © by Jonathan Cooper 19 Dec. 2000 Click the triangle to... |
| HyperLinks in Text Fields | Use this script in a field script to make e-mail... |
| HyperTalk Runner | This AS script runs HT syntax. Save it as a droplet... |
| Icon List Fields | This card shows how to put B&W icons in a... |
| IDE Version | This function reports the IDE version for MC or Rev,... |
| Idle in AS | I'm a newbie too, but may be this script help... |
| Index | Welcome to the Sample Scripts Stack web site. On these pages,... |
| Info-Mac Submission G'lines | Click triangle to read article.... |
| INI file information | Does Rev support an INI type external file structure? I... |
| Interface Colour Hilite Button | This script produces colorized hilites for buttons. Adjust this script... |
| Interface SetUp | Here is a script that uses AddColor to quickly colorize... |
| International OffSet | Returns offset of string accounting for international characters.... |
| IP by Perl CGI | Put this simple perl script into the cgi bin of... |
| IP Number | Use this AppleScript to retrieve your IP number. Note that the... |
| Itemoffset | Finds the offset of an item in a string. In... |
| JavaScript example | The script on this card is an example of JavaScript... |
| Jeanne's House o' HyperCard | Article © by Jeanne A. E. DeVoto 19 Dec. 2000 Click the... |
| Justify() | Here is a little ditty, hope you folks enjoy it,... |
| Keep Text Style and Size of a Field | Use this set of scripts to keep a the text... |
| Key Chain | Instructions: 1. Fill in your keychain name and it's password.... |
| Label of Menu Button Changed | Find out if the label of a menu button has... |
| Last HC Item | Returns the portion of <theText> that follows the last <delim>.... |
| LastPathComponent | LastPathComponent given a file pathname, returns the last component i.e.... |
| Linefeed Remover | This applet removes the linefeeds from a text file. Since... |
| List Selection Without Clicking | Another example. This one allows the user to select list... |
| List speech feedback 1 | Itis important that the list field has actually a name... |
| List Speech Feedback 2 | Another example of a list with speech feedback, now without... |
| List Speech Feedback 3 | Run SelectFirstItem to select a line or select a line... |
| List Speech Feedback 4 | Another one...... |
| Lists of Paired Variables in AS | A script fragment that shows how to put values into... |
| Little Endian | Here is a function to convert big endian data to... |
| Load OSAXen | This AppleScript snippet loads OSAXen. You can install an OSAX... |
| Local IP | Use this function in Revolution to get the ip address... |
| Lock Symbol in Menubar | The lock is the capital letter A in the NFNT... |
| LockErrorDialogs | Two ways to deal with errors. It shows the use... |
| Log User Actions | This script shows a way to log user actions. Click the... |
| Long File Path and DragDrop | The hashLongFilePath function takes a hashed shortened file name and returns... |
| Longestword | Find the longest word in a field... |
| MacsBug Explanation | A very basic though useful explanation of MacsBug, a tool... |
| Making Standalone Icons | STEP BY STEP: 1) Give the standalone a custom... |
| Marcation Buttons 1.0 | (From a discussion in the newsgroup) Here's a solution for... |
| MatchText | This is an example that shows one way to use... |
| MaxScroll | This function returns the largest possible value of the scroll... |
| Menus and Keys | Subject: Re: menus, keys Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:44:24 +0000 From:... |
| MouseDoubleClickTest | A test to find out how quickly people do a... |
| Move Button in Circle | The title says it all. Read the comments and click the... |
| Move Button within Rect | Two ways to move buttons within a restricted area.... |
| Move Screenshots to Folder Applet | An applet to move screenshots from the root of your... |
| MoveWindow CreySoft | Here are three solutions by three different authors to move... |
| MoveWindow Karl Petersen | Here are three solutions by three different authors to move... |
| MoveWindow Uli Kusterer | Here are three solutions by three different authors to move... |
| Moving styled text in fields | You can move text from one field to another, preserving... |
| Multiple card views | In order to build several "views" onto a single background,... |
| Multiply Matrices | This function multiplies two matrices. More matrices can be multiplied... |
| Navigate through Fields by ArrowKeys | It is not recommended, but you could use arrowkeys to... |
| noButtonDelete | NOTE: Handlers are included in the Function section for convenience. If... |
| NoFieldDelete | NOTE: Handlers are included in the Function section for convenience. If... |
| Nr of days in current month | brett wrote: Is there a call i can make that will... |
| Nu Šr det slut | What follows is a short explanation from the HyperCard newsgroup... |
| NumberOfChars | A utility function that tells you how many times a... |
| Numbers to Text | Converts numbers to words.... |
| Objects list | Two property handlers which return a list of objects of... |
| Open App by creator code AS | Fred wrote: Fred <noway@jose.com> wrote: This is a very simple script that... |
| Open Control Panel | Use this chunk of AppleScript to open a control panel.... |
| Open File from Finder | This HyperTalk script show the use of apple events in... |
| Open Folder in Finder with AS | Two ways to open a folder using AS in HT,... |
| OSAX in Resources | Subject: Re: trash Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:56:04 +0100 From: not_a_mailbox@empty.org... |
| osErr | NOTE: Handlers are included in the Function section for convenience. OsErr:... |
| Other OSA lang's in RunRev | UserTalk scripts can be executed in Revolution, using a do... |
| Owners | Returns a list of all owners of an object. Very... |
| PassWord function | The function pw("string") returns a code which is similar to... |
| Paste to and from other applications | Q: "I wanted to know if there is an Hypercard... |
| Paths to special fldrs | Using AppleScript, it is possible to retrieve the path to... |
| Permutations | Here is an all-purpose script which is pretty quick as... |
| Permutations 2 | A very inefficient way to calculate permutations. Not worth trying.... |
| Pict2GIF | The PICT2GIF script can be used either as a script... |
| Picture in Button | This card contains a button. The icon of the button... |
| Picture Map | This is the result of a discussion with Ken Norris... |
| Ping | >/ In Revolution, which function is better for calling a... |
| Play Movie Full Screen | Here is a neat button script that plays a QuickTime... |
| Play Movie Full Screen 2 | Here's a HyperTalk handler that accomplishes a similar task from within... |
| Play Series of Movies | Plays a series of movies in a loop. Put the... |
| PlayMovie | A script that show how to use the standard QuickTime... |
| PopUp Problem | Lots of experimenting, here. Also lots of problems. No solution... |
| PostScript Code | This script creates a tiny postscript file, just by vanilla... |
| Postscript Trouble | This is a printing experiment. It doesn't work, but it... |
| PowerCreate | NOTE: Handlers are included in the Function section for convenience. These... |
| PowerToggle | NOTE: Handlers are included in the Function section for convenience. This... |
| Processes on Mac OS X and Win XP | My approach has been to loop through all registry keys... |
| Quit your standalone | This script shows how to quit your Revolution project properly.... |
| Read-write NULLs | Just write an AppleScript which reads the file and converts... |
| Record and Play Paint Draw | This goodie contains of three scripts: a recording script, a... |
| Remove dock icon | Don't display the icon of your Revolution standalone in the... |
| Remove sticky files from trash | This is a complete AppleScript applet to empty the trash.... |
| Render Text to Sound | An AppleScript to save written text to a sound file,... |
| repeatWithSound | This script shows that it is possible to play sound... |
| Replace 1st Char of Each Word | Replace the first character of every word with a different... |
| Replace String in Scripts | Search and replace a word or string in all scripts... |
| ResEdit's location AS | You can't easily get the path to the running process... |
| Reset MIDI settings with AS | A script from the Rev Use List. The following procedure should... |
| Resizable Fields - DQDIM | A Trick by D. J. Downs. Drag the small dot between... |
| Resolution of JPEG images | An idea of Dar Scott to change the print resolution... |
| ResolveAlias AS | After using the "choose file" dialog and choosing an alias... |
| RetrieveMailAddresses() | ... |
| ReturnKeyInField | This version was copied from the Developer Stack 1.1 This will... |
| Revert List using Array | The reverseList function puts a list up side down, starting... |
| Right Angle with Animation Engine | Enter two points. The function calculates a point exactly in... |
| Rotate a picture file | A script that chooses a file, reads it, rotates it... |
| RotatingOval | On a white background and without the line "addColor colorCard"... |
| Round-Up | This is a one-liner that always rounds upwards.... |
| Run OSX shell script with password | Here is how to run a shell script with password... |
| Safari (AS) | Here are four functions that retrieve information from Safari for... |
| Save all files in BBEdit | Save all files in BBEdit... |
| Save Copy of File or Stack | Two ways to save a copy of a file. SaveCopy... |
| Save Dialog | A sace dialog using AS.... |
| Save Way to a Quit Standalone | A fail-safe way to quit your standalone. This script makes sure... |
| Script2HTML | Here is a set of handlers for transforming a HyperTalk... |
| Scripted Drawing | This script was written by someone called Mary and slightly... |
| Scrolling Text Button 1 | This version was copied from the Developer Stack 1.1 OPTION CLICK... |
| Search/replace with wildcard | Nigel Garvey pointed out a way to make a tremendous... |
| Select Wrapped Lines | Example ©2005 by Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com for John Balgenorth This handler selects a... |
| Selectedline anomaly | The selectedLine of a list field is perdurable. That is,... |
| SelectedTextRect | This function return the rect of the selected text. MS... |
| SelectionFun | Select this text to see what the script on this... |
| Send Mail with Outlook | > Hello > How can i send emails with attachment with... |
| Send Mail With Outlook II | Depending on the version of Outlook, the previous Send Mail... |
| SendEMail With Eudora Lite | Hi Shari Before you give up completely on AppleScript as a... |
| Server Script for Revolution | This is a very simple server script that may get... |
| Set Layers of Grouped Buttons | It took a little effort, but it was a fun... |
| Set modification date | To get the modification date on Mac OS X, use... |
| Set Theory Implementation | Q: Hello all, Does anyone have code that implements set theory. For... |
| Set Window Appearance | This script lets the user select a folder and set... |
| ShowScripts | By Steve Drazga 12/87 This version was copied from the Developer... |
| ShuffleList AS | Someone wrote: > Does anyone know a good way to do... |
| ShutDown | Here are a few ways to shut down your system,... |
| Simple AS Error Handling | To handle errors in AppleScript, use a Try Statement --... |
| Sleep Time | Here are three scripts for Mac OS X. The sleepTime function... |
| Smooth QT Playing | > >I tried preroll ; there is always a... |
| Smooth Scroll | Nice feature by Ken Norris. This script scrolls a field rather... |
| Sort Lines | Sorts lines of a container.... |
| Sort Numbers | Numerically sorts a string of numbers (i.e. "27 10 52... |
| Sound Synchronisation | A few sound synchronisation experiments.... |
| SPAM Punisher | SPAM Punisher with Outlook. Since I try to avoid using M$... |
| Speech Feedback from Objects | This script shows how to get speech feedback while pointing... |
| Speech Sample | Here is a brief speech sample.... |
| Splash Window Scripts | These scripts show how to do a splash window. It... |
| SSH on OSX | An article by Jaque Landman Gay about SSH with Revolution... |
| StartUp Chimes Trick | It's amazing how many times people ask about... |
| String After Target String | Returns the string that appears after target string in source... |
| String Before Target String | Returns the string that appears before target string in source... |
| String In Is Container | Checks to see if theString is a full line of... |
| Strip Leads and Trails | This will strip leading and trailing whitespace from a multiline... |
| Suffix Droplet | This very simple script adds a .txt suffix to all... |
| TabToComma/CommaToTab | Just what it says.... |
| Text File to Sound File | An AppleScript to convert a written text document to a... |
| Text to Line Number | Returns the line number of target text within the source... |
| Text2Speech Recording | Here is a shell command: $ say -o mail.aiff "You got... |
| The Suspended | An idle loop that applies the suspended function.... |
| Time retrieval and comparison | This script produces the current time and compares it with... |
| TimeFun | An example showing how to use seconds, days, hours, and... |
| Timer for RunRev | A very simple timer for Runtime Revolution. Copy the script... |
| Trash Size on OS X | TAn AppleScript function, which returns the total size of all... |
| U3 drive path for files | here is what I found with help from the mothership... |
| U3 Serial Number | I decided to find a way to get a U3... |
| Uniform to normal | The following computes the simple inverse; that is, it takes... |
| UpdateIndex | An indexing trick. Don't try it, it will destroy this... |
| Upload File AS | Upload a file using ftp and URL Access Scripting. You may... |
| URLEncode | This card shows two functions. One function, hexValue, converts ascii... |
| User Language | Great function to retrieve the user language of your system.... |
| UserTalk Examples | This card contains several UserTalk examples. The first script is... |
| UserTalk Samples | The "This was a mouseUp" message is sent to UserLand... |
| Using Forward Delete Key in HyperCard | Alejandro Tejada: I've been looking in the Mail List ... |
| Visibility of File in OSX | Setfile is a command line utility included with Apple's Developer... |
| VolumeName | Given a file pathname, returns the name of the volume... |
| WeekOfYear | Sure, but this is the kind of thing that you... |
| What is the most scriptable database? | My comments to the statement that HC is "Rudimentary and... |
| When you reach the 32K limit | Article by Mark Schonewille, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2002 Click the triangle... |
| Window Library | This script pops up a picture with the windows that... |
| Word2RTF with AS & Visual Basic | These scripts open a WORD 8 (or Word 2001) file... |
| Write Folder Contents to File | wee wrote: > Hi, > > In one of the mac magazine I... |
| WriteData AS | Since upgrading to OS 9.2.2 (as solo system, not as... |
| xBytes | This function provides a way to enter an amount of... |
| XML Library | An XML library by Marielle Lange. Also see http://www.widged.com. Please... |
| XML Pull-Parser | I have found that large data files can be broken... |
| Zoom | "It's all a matter of personal choice isn't it. :)... |
