Questions and Answers
Copyright (c) 1996 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
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Q: I'm trying to squeeze text files greater than 32K into HyperCard GS V1.1 background fields, but seem to be unable to and get some error. Has HCGS got a field size limit of 32K?? I can't find any info in the manuals.
A: There is a limit of 30000 characters per text field (probably 32767, in fact). These limits are given in the separate HyperTalk reference manual.
There is no way to have more than this in a single field, short of
using an XCMD which stores the text somewhere else.
Q: I tried to use all Spectrum's send protocols to send a file archive which I'd copied from a network drive, however, the file showed up dimmed in the standard file dialog. What's going on?
A: This indicates the file had a resource fork. The send protocols only know how to send a single "data" file. Macintosh telecom programs get around this by wrapping up both the data and resource forks into a single "MacBinary" file that gets decoded back into two separate forks by the receiver.
What's strange is that archive shouldn't have a resource fork--it SHOULD only be a data fork. Possibly the process of copying the file to a ProDOS disk causes a resource fork to be created (to remember the original HFS filetype/creator info). But I'm not sure about that.
Q: Is the Apple IIgs Stylewriter printer driver able to be used with the Stylewriter II, 1200, 1500, 2400 or 2500?
A: Unfortunately, the driver will only work with the original Stylewriter printer.

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