iPhoneControls group close

Thomas McGrath III mcgrath3 at mac.com
Wed Sep 4 21:18:40 EDT 2013


Ohh, It is not the Browser that won't go away but a grouped background. Got it.

Go to the main Stack where the offending group is being shown in the IDE and select "Remove Group" from the Object Menu. That should do it.

Tom

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On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:15 PM, Vaughn Clement <vclement at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Thomas
> 
> This is difficult for a new user to explain but here I go:
> 
> In the simulator how do I test for the ID when there is no way to add the
> "get" statement?
> I have a question that might lead to the solution:
> When I view the Project Browser and look at the other grouped objects that
> were show / hide objects on the Main Stack, they also appear on the new
> card I created as group objects. My understanding is that the main stack
> objects needed to have the "acts like a background" in order to create new
> cards in the main stack. Likewise the new card where I added the "browser"
> group where the map was to appear did not need to be treated as a
> background because it was called by a script. I turned off all of the group
> objects in the main stack with "acts like a background" and retested the
> sim. The map group object stilled appeared in the main stack group objects
> even after adding the closeCard close handler. The map also appeared in the
> calling screen object area in the main stack on top of the controls in the
> hide show item. Actually it was still in all of the main card hide show
> objects.
> 
> I know that there is some convention for backgrounds that is not clearly
> defined in the LC documentations. I think I am not doing something correct?
> 
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Vaughn Clement
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> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com>wrote:
> 
>> Vaughn
>> 
>> The mobileControlDelete needs either the controlID or the "control name"
>> to work and should be put in the close card handler for the Map card. You
>> might want to check the id or name again. I have not had any problems with
>> controls not deleting correctly. You might want to check the name when
>> running in the simulator using:
>> 
>> get mobileControls()
>> answer it
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- Tom McGrath III
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>> 
>> On Sep 4, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Vaughn Clement <vclement at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good Day All
>>> 
>>> I am another new user who has a question about removing a iPhoneControl
>>> i.e. a browser after the task is done.
>>> 
>>> Issue: I created a mainstack that included a series of image objects that
>>> were to be used to simulate a tab interface. I used scripts in buttons to
>>> Hide / Show the group for each image area.
>>> 
>>> My buttons worked for the most part, but I ran into and issue when I
>> tried
>>> to display Google Maps in the main stack. The iPhoneControl in the
>>> simulator would not display the grouped object. I was told to use a new
>>> card in the main stack to allow the grouped object to function. I added
>> the
>>> card and upon testing I was able to get the map app to work in the group
>>> browser as required.
>>> 
>>> The issue:
>>> 
>>> When I leave the card with the map showing, the map now appears on top of
>>> all the other group images in the main stack. I tired everything I could
>>> think of to close the iPhone control when leaving the card with the
>> group.
>>> Nothing seems to work. I tried iPhoneControlDelete and it had no effect.
>> I
>>> read the tutorials and tried anything that looked like it might work.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone had this issue?
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> 
>>> Vaughn Clement
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