Hypercard for IBM

[Bennett, David]

>Can anyone recommend a scripting/authoring tool similar to Hypercard for
>IBM systems (please no laughter from MAC users)

     I have used Asymetrix Toolbook for years (http://www.asymetrix.com). 
 The openscript language is very similar to Hypercard (okay, so it was a 
direct ripoff, in my opinion).   There are two versions of Toolbook now 
on the market, one is the Assistant (you drag and drop buttons, 
questions, text, etc., from a catalog) and the Instructor (allows you to 
edit the openscript code as well as the drag and drop features).  
Assistant is easier to use, however Instructor gives you more programming 
control of objects.

     Toolbook allows you to create online tutorials and interactive 
quizes (among other things).  The newest version allows you to save your 
files as HTML/JAVA.  There is a seachable archive of the TOOLB-L at 
http://www.biocom.arizona.edu/tbook/  (as well as FAQs, etc.)

     I know that some people have tried to automatically convert 
Hypercard stacks to Toolbook, but I don't think the process is straight 
forward.

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David Bennett  (bennett at robert-morris.edu)
Systems Support & Instruction Librarian
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