Message Path (was Re: FunctionKeys)

[Jan Schenkel]

Hi Dar,

--- Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> Something funny does happen with backgrounds.  If
> the target is in 
> a group that is not a background, no backgrounds are
> in the message 
> path.  I'm not sure whether this is a bug or a doc
> problem.  Or a 
> problem in my understanding of backgrounds.
> 

Unlike HyperCard, there's no real background to which
the cards belong.
MetaCard has groups, which may be used to simulate a
large portion of background behaviour, and Transcript
may use it as a keyword for backward compatibility,
but cards don't belong to a background anymore.
That's why if a control is not in a 'background'
group, this group isn't part of the message chain.

Best regards,

Jan Schenkel.

"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish
at the same time."  (De Rochefoucald)

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