Add a control to a group

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Fri Aug 1 19:03:21 EDT 2014


Thanks, Paul and Mark. As usual, there are many ways to skin that cat.

Devin


On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:41 PM, Paul Hibbert <paulhibbert at mac.com> wrote:

> 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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>> 
>> Mark Schonewille
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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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