Background

[Mark Swindell]

on 11/24/02 5:19 AM, Gary Rathbone at gary.rathbone at btclick.com wrote:

> Take a look at 
> http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/metaclass.htm
> 
> Although its Metacard based the principal is the same. Lesson 6 deals
> with "Groups and Backgrounds".

Thanks for pointing this out.  What a great resource. Talk about your basic
clean, clear, concise and thorough.  Does the Revolution site link to this
resource anywhere? 
 
> Or take a look at
> http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/articles/tipoftheweek/5.html
> Which is "aimed mainly at developers coming from HyperCard" - thanks to
> Sarah Reichelt.

Definitely.  As a former HyperCard/SuperCard user, I found this article to
be of enormous help to me when I was confused as to the group v background
metaphor.  Also very clear and well written.

Mark