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Valerie Sutton Date: Sun May 7, 2000 2:43 pm Subject: Re: SW in Databases | |
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At 7:37 PM -0400 5/6/00, Bill Reese wrote: >Trevor, can you let me in on some of the secrets of database construction >and tell me if it's possible to comma-delimit a definition of a >signwriting glyph? > >Bill SignWriting List May 7, 2000 Thanks Bill, for this question. I suspect Trevor has already answered it too...but I just wanted to comment... One of the reasons why I like FileMaker so much, is that it can store QuickTime movie clips and other graphics and animation, as well as standard text. I am sure this is true with other database programs today. So it is really a matter of defining the signs as "graphics" and somehow making it possible to transport the signs as graphics into the database. Meanwhile, thanks to Angus, Jerry and Stefan, we have succeeded with placing whole dictionary files from SignWriter 4.3 into PDF files - that is a great success. And if we can do that, I am pretty sure there is a way to transport to databases too...even if we have to write some new software to bridge between the two formats...that would have value for us...and become one of many choices for SignWriting users. Val ;-) ----------------------------- Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org SignWriting List Archives: https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l |
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