Learning Rev3 - Calendar Tutorial Questions

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Hi Mark,

Looks like you're having a ball.

Once you have created the first card for January, leaving all of the  
"contents" of the individual fields "empty" at this time, all  
subsequently created cards should have all of those fields and any  
other things that you may have included in the original grouping.  
There is no need to do any copying.
The grouping behaves the same as if you had created all of these  
"elements" in the background mode on HC, though there should be some  
attention given to the "shared" property the same as you would have to  
do with HC. Those items marked as "shared" should appear on all  
subsequently created cards. Those that "exist" but have different  
content should not be marked as shared. Since I am still far from  
being a Rev expert, I trust that what I have said is totally  
applicable. With me, it is still trial and error. I try it. If it  
works, great; if not, back to the drawing board. Often, literally.  
(smile)

HTH,

Joe Wilkins

On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Mark Srebnik wrote:

> Since my recent post about learning Rev, I've been busy trying to  
> get up to speed by doing the following:
>
> A. Reading
>
> Got a few HyperCard books, but some real good ones. "Applied  
> HyperCard" by Jerry Daniels and Mary Jane Mara and "The Complete  
> HyperCard Handbook 2.2", Danny Goodman. Both are excellent and have  
> given me a much better picture of what this is all about....almost  
> makes me want to go get a copy of HyperCard, it sounds like so much  
> fun to use!
>
> B. Tutorials
>
> Have been trying to go through several tutorials, but have hit a few  
> snags here and there....trying to get old HC files off of old floppy  
> disk, tutorials are outdated, and other issues...but wading through  
> it all....
>
> Meanwhile, trying to get through calendar tutorial that comes with  
> Rev and have some questions please....
>
> 1. Right Way to Copy Background Group to Other Cards
>
> I made first the calendar background using January to start with,  
> grouped the items, after that made new card for February, then  
> subsequent months.. After I did that I noticed that some appears to  
> be missing from the cards that I copied from January. For example, I  
> used the table field to make the grid across the top of the calendar  
> that shows the days of the week. However, on the February on months  
> cards, the days of the week are missing, just see the grid.
>
> Shouldn't the info (days of the week) that I put into the grid in  
> January show up in the subsequent copies?
>
> Or do I have to enter the info again on each card?
>
> Or is there a better way to do this?
>
> * Please excuse any errors in Rev terminology....
>
> 2. Good Way to Edit Background Group Across Multiple Cards
>
> Found myself editing February card and then realizing that this was  
> probably a mistake, as I'd need to make the same corrections to  
> about 9-10 more cards...one for each month....
>
> Seems to me know that it would make more sense to have design that  
> carries over month to month so that you don't have to change each  
> month individually if you have changes. However, maybe that's not  
> possible with this tutorial as each month has different days in it??
>
> Hope someone can make sense out of the above....or maybe even look  
> at the tutorial and advise....
>
> Trying to get off to a good start and not learn too many bad habits  
> that I'll need to unlearn later.... ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> Silicone Valley Digerati & Rev Noob