Add a control to a group

[Paul Hibbert]

Hi Devin,

Yet another approach…

   create invisible image "snapShot" in group "myGroup"
   export snapshot from group "or_Whatever" to image "snapShot"
   set the visible of img "snapShot" to true

Paul

On 2014-08-01, at 3:36 PM, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Hi Devin,
> 
> You could export a snapshot to a variable, create an image object in the group and set the text of the image.
> 
> export snapshot from rect myRect to myPicture as PNG
> create image "New Image" in grp "Your Group"
> set the text of it to myPicture
> 
> --
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> On 8/2/2014 00:27, Devin Asay wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Devin,
>>> 
>>> Usually I copy them and then I delete the original:
>>> 
>>> copy btn id x to grp y
>>> delete btn id x
>>> 
>>> Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it.
>> 
>> I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus:
>> 
>>   create button in group "foo"
>> 
>> But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Devin
>> 
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