power tools

[erik hansen]

--- Phil Davis <phildavis at attbi.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "erik hansen" <erikhans08 at yahoo.com>
> To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: power tools
> 
> 
> > 
> > --- Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
> > wrote:
> > > erik hansen wrote:
> > 
> > > > Power Tools. the Super Grouper is
> something i
> > > > used to move things around a lot with my
> > > dance
> > > > stack. 
> > > > 
> > > > has anyone run into any tricky spots
> using
> > > > anything akin to Super Grouper in
> MetaCard?
> > > 
> > > Not needed.  MetaCard supports true groups,
> so
> > > you don't need any of the
> > > clever workaround devised for HyperCard.
> Just
> > > select the objects you want to
> > > be grouped, then choose "Group" from the
> Edit
> > > menu.
> > 
> > just like my Geocities website...
> > 
> > this is like going from one film editing
> suite to
> > another. anticipating problems that do not
> exist.
> > 
> > in the tutorial i got all my objects grouped,
> but
> > none of them appeared on my next card. i'll
> just
> > have to do it again a couple of times and it
> sold
> > be clear.
> 
> If you group some objects that exist on a card,
> and want that same group of things to also show
> up on another card:
> - give the group a recognizable name (optional)
> - set the group's "backgroundBehavior" property
> to true
> - go to the destination card
> - select "Backgrounds..." from the Edit menu
> - place the group on the card
> 
> Note that the "sharedText" property of fields
> and "sharedHilite" prop of btns can make
> important differences in the way those objects
> behave in this situation.

thanks for the timesaving info.

this will get fun when button animation is introduced...

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erik at erikhansen.org                 http://www.erikhansen.org

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