paste

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Craig,
Not sure I fully understand that but are you saying that I could create the
control using the templatexxxx object and set the owner property into it?
Pete

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Pete.
>
>
> Isn't this a job for the "templateControl"? Of course, a major limitation
> is that there is only one template for each control type. I think it would
> be great to have as many of these as required, defined, as you are trying
> to implement, similar to a custom property. Maybe a feature request?
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 3:05 pm
> Subject: paste
>
>
> A while back, there was a discussion on how to store an control definition
> in a custom property and create the control from the custom property by
> copying and pasting the control into and out of the custom property.
>
> I have all that working fine but I need the pasted control to end up in a
> group and the paste command doesn't have an option to paste into a group (
> that might be a nice enhancement).  Currently I paste the control onto the
> card, copy it into the group then delete the pasted control.  That works OK
> but wondering if there's a more direct way to do it.
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
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