Follow the instructions below to set up your WWW browser to accept "real time" HyperStudio stacks (use the Player application noted on the previous page to get best results) and then try some of the samples listed on the previous page. You may find some trouble getting Netscape to configure to use a different HyperStudio application than what it wants to. In this case, you'll either need to remove the other HyperStudio application or modify it to include the necessary resource as my modified Player does (a ResEdit exercise).
Configuring Netscape to use "real time" HyperStudio.
Launch Netscape, go to the Options Menu.
Select Preferences, General and then the Helper tab.
Click on "NEW" to specify the HyperStudio file info so Netscape knows what to look for (MIME type - application; MIME Subtype - HSTU) - see diagram below.
Fill in the Extensions with STK,HS (files must use the suffix .STK or .HS for this to work); click on Browse and select the HyperStudio application; select Stak for File Type). Set your Action to Launch Application. (see diagram below)
Note: a small number of people have reported that Netscape will not always "keep" the configuration settings. This results in files that are downloaded and start HyperStudio, but then are not recognized as "stacks". The most likely cause is that Netscape is not applying a true binary transfer because the ".STK" or ".HS" extension is missing or not being recognized in the configuration setup or it is not assigning the "Stak" filetype properly. One solution appears to involve deleting Netscape and its associated preference files and then re-installing. Please send me a note if you have experienced this problem AND successfully solved it so I can share that information here.
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