AW: how to implement more than one background?

Tiemo Hollmann TB toolbook at kestner.de
Tue Jul 10 13:29:07 EDT 2012


Thanks for claryfying!

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus on-rev
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Juli 2012 19:08
> An: How to use LiveCode
> Betreff: Re: how to implement more than one background?
> 
> Hi Tiemo,
> 
> Am 10.07.2012 um 18:52 schrieb Tiemo Hollmann TB:
> 
> > Oh great Klaus and Bob!, that's what I was looking for. I wasn't aware
> > of the place command yet :)
> 
> Aha, OK, now you know :-)
> 
> The difference between a "group" and a "background" in LiveCode is just
the
> way LC "sees/counts" these objects!
> ...
> put the num of grps
> # will show the number of GROUPS on the current card ..
> put the num of bgs
> ## will show the number of ALL groups in the current stack!
> ...
> 
> The "backgroundbehavior" property will "only" manage if a group on the
> current card will be placed automatically onto a newly created card.
> 
> If I remember right, the "backgroundbehavior" prop will be set to true
> after you "placed" a group onto another card, even if this grp did not
have
> this prop set before.
> 
> In any case grps and bgs are very different than they were in HyperCard,
> where you could only have ONE background on a card :-)
> 
> > Thanks
> > Tiemo
> >
> > Klaus, you are not familiar with Toolbook?
> 
> No, I've been a Mac guy from the beginning, I've used Director but
switched
> to MetaCard when the first Win and Mac versions came out in 1999 and never
> looked back ;-)
> 
> > Probably because you can't use ditto!
> 
> HA! Komm Du mal nach Hause! :-D
> 
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> --
> Klaus Major
> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major.on-rev.com
> 
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