Questions about 2.0

[Sarah]

> 1) Will there be any enhancements in the way that Revolution deals 
> with LAYERING of objects and groups? Will we be able to 'send 
> backward' and 'bring forward' inside a group?
setting the relayerGroupedControls to true allows you to relayer the 
object right out of the group, so that can be a bit dangerous. As Ken 
suggested, going into group edit mode first is better, but if you 
prefer to use the relayerGroupedControls, then you need to start by 
working out the layers of top & bottom objects in the group and not 
moving anything beyond those boundaries.

> 2) What are going to be the capabilities of the new 'spreadsheet' 
> control? More precisely:
>
> a) Will we be able to access the data on a specified range 
> automatically (ie, "get from row 8, col 2 to row 40, col 3"?)
I imagine that it will be possible to access data in the same way we 
can now e.g. item 8 of line 7 of field "Table". To get a range, you can 
find the number of characters of each chunk and get the data between 
those characters. Rev 2 may make this easier but it can already be done.

>
> b) Will we be able to put any data other than strings inside cells? - 
> ie, images, graphics?
>
> c) Will the appearance of the spreadsheet be customisable, and if so, 
> to what extent? - will I be able to assign custom column/row labels, 
> will I be able to colour the background of specific cells, will I be 
> able to hide/show divider lines ?
A few weeks ago, Kevin asked for help scripting column header buttons 
and someone (Chipp?) provided a solution. I imagine that will be 
incorporated in Rev 2 but if you want it now, search the list and you 
should find it already available.

Your other questions are beyond me, but I hope you have enough info now 
to make your design choices.

Sarah