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PRESS RELEASE
Contact:
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World
620 Moulton Avenue, Studio 101
Los Angeles, CA 90031
US: (800) 288-5825
Int'l: (213) 225-3717
Fax: (213) 225-0716
eMail: Ambassador@FourthWorld.com
Fourth World Releases Wetware Collection Volume II
28 Powerful XCMDs and XFCNs for SuperCard
LOS ANGELES, October 20, 1997 - Fourth World(TM) began shipping The Wetware Collection Volume II, a new collection of externals that add a wide range of powerful new capabilities to SuperCard, the award-winning multimedia authoring system from Allegiant Technologies.
The Wetware Collection Volume II consists of 28 externals by Mark Lucas of Wetware, Inc., bundled together for one low price. WWCvII ships in a revised version of the same easy-to-use project as Fourth World's SCX and SuperCard's Xtend project, which provides an interactive demo of every external and flexible, easy-to-use installation options.
"Mark Lucas has done it again, delivering a wonderful variety of new possibilities for SuperCard developers" said Richard Gaskin, founder and president of Fourth World. "With these externals, developers can now create several new categories of applications previously not possible".
The Wetware Collection Volume II includes the following XCMDs and XFCNs:
- AntiAlias XFCN WWC2
Performs antialiasing and various colorizing and shadowing effects on text in SuperCard fields and draw text objects.
- BackPat XFCN WWC2
Lets you add color, or even a ppat (i.e., a color pattern like your desktop patterns) to the SuperCard 3 backDrop window.
- BackPict XFCN WWC2
Lets you add a PICT from a resource or the clipboard to the SuperCard 3 backDrop window.
- BurpDLOG XFCN WWC2
Fixes the longstanding bug in the SuperCard dialog function which intermittently causes some or all items to disappear.
cgiDecode XFCN WWC2
Decodes special characters encoded as %xx for use in arguments to and from internet cgi applications.
- cgiEncode XFCN WWC2
Encodes special characters (as %xx) for use in arguments to and from internet cgi applications.
- clip2jpg XFCN WWC2
Saves any picture currently stored on the clipboard to the specified jpeg file.
- CustomIcon XFCN WWC2
Allows you to install or remove custom icons for files or folders.
- GetMenuSelect XFCN WWC2
Returns a two-item result containing the menu ID (in item 1) and item number (in item 2) of the last menu selected by the user - used in conjunction with the HelpMenu XFCN listed below.
- Gradient XFCN WWC2
Creates color gradients in the pictureData of SC objects, or in the SC backDrop window.
- HelpMenu XFCN WWC2
Lets you put custom items in the MacOS Help Menu.
- IconCalendar XFCN WWC2
Creates a calendar for any month and year, and optionally overlays text and up to three icons per cell. The external can export the calendar to the clipboard, to pictureData, or as JPEG data via the graphicData param (which is passed by reference) for direct serving onto the web.
- ImageInfo XFCN WWC2
Returns a variety of useful information about the image stored in a file, including the image type, dimensions, pixel depth, resolution, and frame count.
- IndentScript XFCN WWC2
Uses SuperCard's internal script formatting routines to format scripts.
- KillAll XCMD WWC2
Finds and kills all other processes running on the system except yours, even if they aren't AppleEvent-aware.
- lSelectAll XCMD WWC2
Instantly selects all the lines in a list or scrollingList field.
- OSAScript XFCN WWC2
Lets you edit, compile, save, send, and decompile AppleScripts and scripts from other OSA-compliant scripting components all from within SuperCard.
- qtTrackEnable XFCN WWC2
Lets you turn QuickTime movie file tracks off or on.
- qtTrackList XFCN WWC2
Generates a list of tracks in a QuickTime movie file.
- QTX XFCN WWC2
Performs a wide variety of functions related to captioning QuickTime, including creating and deleting tracks, enabling and disabling them, renaming or resizing them, searching, importing and exporting text, controlling RAM caching, and much more.
- sc3DumpStyles XFCN WWC2
Generates a report of all the style runs in a field, including the font, size, and style of each run.
- sc3FldToRTF XFCN WWC2
Lets you export the contents of a SuperCard field to Rich Text Format (RTF).
- sc3FloatWd XFCN WWC2
Makes any SuperCard window float the way palette windows do.
- sc3LineCount XFCN WWC2
Returns the apparent number of lines in a field, including any caused by word wrap.
- sc3PrintWd XFCN WWC2
- Lets you print some or all of the cards in a window in any order as a single print job, named whatever you like.
- sc3SetWDEF XFCN WWC2
Lets you assign any WDEF to any SuperCard window. It also lets you make any type of window float like a palette style window.
- sc3WTitle XFCN WWC2
Lets you get or set the name of a SuperCard window as it appears in the windowRecord for that window, which alters its appearance to the user without changing the window object's name as it is listed in the project.
- ThumbNail XFCN WWC2
Generates thumbnail previews of images which are on the clipboard or in external files.
Many of these externals, such as QTX and OSAScript, offer so many features that they cannot be listed in this summary. For complete details check out the Wetware Collection Volume II page at the Fourth World web site:
http://www.fourthworld.com/FS.cgi?./Products/v_Wetware/WWCII.html
All externals are royalty-free, and can be used in any number of freeware, shareware, or commercial products.
The entire Wetware Collection Volume II is available directly from Fourth World. The list price for the collection is US$199, but until November 15 the Wetware Collection Volume II can be licensed for the introductory price of only US$169.
Complete product and ordering information is available at the Fourth World web site at <www.fourthworld.com>, or US customers can call toll-free at (800) 288-5825, and international customers can call (213) 225-3717. Fourth World's fax number is (213) 225-0716.
Fourth World is a Los Angeles-based company dedicated to the development and distribution of multimedia software components. Many of Fourth World's freeware and shareware utilities for HyperCard and SuperCard are available in the appropriate libraries on most commercial online services, and at the Fourth World web site at <http://www.fourthworld.com>.
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