expand the boundaries of a group

[MisterX]

> If the user (via a button) inserts a field or button into the 
> group BobsEmptyGroup, will they inherit the background 
> behaviour of the group and be visible on all cards?

Bob,

What properties (or script abilities) are inherited (fonts for example) and
which are not (custom props or geometry) are good examples of why a visual
object hierarchy is worth or not worth using... 

Depends much on the application too. The good news, is that it's all
overideable or exceptionable (new snipppet: a computer change that doesn't
happen because it shouldn't (not because it must imperatively work instead
of failing))!

That a stack, background, card or group tells its children-objects or
controls what to do or what to wear is cool. That a control cannot do what
it wants because of inheritance, is a bummer... Sorry for the possible
connotations - restrict to computer imagery.

Heard that somewhere, but where? ;) Individual's expression? Teenage
rebellion?  

Here's 3 new GIM scripthandlers:

resizeMenuGroupObject
resizeTabMenuGroups
resizeObjectGroup

Guess what they do?

Next on the list:
ResizeGroupObjs objs, behavior
Columns, Rows, Tables in tables, the lot?

No scripting required at all for a GM in TAOO! 
I adopted the concept thursday, it's great! 

It is inherited but overideable naturally.
Exceptional efficiency and support requirements ;)

cheers
Xav

http://monsieurx.com/taoo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of 
> rev at armbase.com
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 16:10
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: expand the boundaries of a group
> 
> Quoting Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de>:
> 
> > Hi Bob,
> 
> Hi Klaus
> 
> > >  Is there
> > > a way to
> > > make the group area as big as the card?
> >
> > Sure :-)
> >
> > Resize your group as big as you like*** and then (and this is the
> > trick!) go to the
> > inspector, selct "Size and Position" for that group and check 
> > "Lockloc"...
> >
> > That will make your group ALWAYS stay as big as you sized it.
> 
> Ahhh the problem is the user will not have revolution adn 
> they add the fields.
> 
> see below, I have the answer......
> >
> > Hope that helps...
> >
> > ***You can also use the message box/script:
> > set the rect of grp "Your group name here..." to the rect 
> of this card
> >
> Right Klaus, Again you have come up trumps.... :-)
> 
> All I need to do is put in an empty group on the first card 
> of my cloned stack.
> I'll call it BobsEmptyGroup and put it on the first card of 
> the stack and set its background behaviour to true.
> Then if I put in the script ----set the rect of grp 
> "BobsEmptyGroup" to the rect of this card----,I should be 
> able to insert the fields into the group.
> 
> Now here is the follow up question. :-)
> 
> If the user (via a button) inserts a field or button into the 
> group BobsEmptyGroup, will they inherit the background 
> behaviour of the group and be visible on all cards?
> 
> All the best
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
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