Relayering a control

[Peter Haworth]

Thanks Scott, I found it in RevOnline and will give it a whirl.

Pete
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Trevor Devore wrote a set of scripts that does the same relayering as
> "relayer"( how he ever figured this out I have no idea). Look in the mail
> archives or maybe the forums, maybe visit his Blue Mango site.  If you
> can't dig it up, email me off list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX Design
>
> > On Feb 7, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Marty and Geoff.
> >
> > It appears the relayer command was introduced in LC 6.1.  I need to do
> this
> > in my lcStackbrowser plugin and I'm reluctant to force people to have at
> > least 6.1 so I need to find a solution without using relayer.
> >
> > I think I see the problem now.  The error I get when I have
> > relayerGroupedControls set to false refers to the source group.  Coupled
> > with that, Geoff's first example seems to work now - must have messed
> > something up in my original code.
> >
> > ANother thing that caught me out is that, although I set the layer of the
> > control to 7, it actually ends up as layer 6 because of the automatic
> > relayering that happens by removing the control from the first group.
> >
> >
> > Pete
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> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> If your setup looks like this:
> >>
> >> group id 1007 [1007]
> >> |  button "Button" [1004]
> >> |  button "Button" [1009]
> >> group id 1011 [1011]
> >> |  button "Button" [1010]
> >> |  button "Button" [1012]
> >>
> >> Then this:
> >>
> >> on mouseUp
> >>   set relayergroupedcontrols to true
> >>   set the layer of btn 2 to 7
> >> end mouseUp
> >>
> >> will give the desired result:
> >>
> >> group id 1007 [1007]
> >> |  button "Button" [1004]
> >> group id 1011 [1011]
> >> |  button "Button" [1010]
> >> |  button "Button" [1012]
> >> button "Button" [1009]
> >>
> >> But if your setup is this:
> >>
> >> group id 1007 [1007]
> >> |  button "Button" [1004]
> >> |  button "Button" [1009]
> >> group id 1011 [1011]
> >> |  button "Button" [1010]
> >> |  button "Button" [1012]
> >> button "Button" [1016]
> >>
> >> it will result in this:
> >>
> >> group id 1007 [1007]
> >> |  button "Button" [1004]
> >> group id 1011 [1011]
> >> |  button "Button" [1010]
> >> |  button "Button" [1012]
> >> button "Button" [1016]
> >> button "Button" [1009]
> >>
> >> while this:
> >>
> >> on mouseUp
> >>   set relayergroupedcontrols to true
> >>   set the layer of btn 2 to 6
> >> end mouseUp
> >>
> >> will result in this:
> >>
> >> group id 1007 [1007]
> >> |  button "Button" [1004]
> >> group id 1011 [1011]
> >> |  button "Button" [1010]
> >> |  button "Button" [1012]
> >> |  button "Button" [1009]
> >> button "Button" [1016]
> >>
> >> I think this will give the desired result in all circumstances:
> >>
> >> on mouseUp
> >>
> >>   set relayergroupedcontrols to true
> >>
> >>   relayer btn 2 after grp 2
> >>
> >> end mouseUp
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Let's say I have a card with the following control structure
> >>>
> >>> GroupA (layer 1)
> >>>  ControlA1 (layer 2)
> >>>  ControlA2 (layer 3)
> >>> GroupB (layer 4)
> >>>  ControlB1 (layer 5)
> >>>  ControlB2 (layer 6)
> >>>
> >>> I need to change the layer of control A2 by script to 7 and it should
> not
> >>> be a member of GroupB.
> >>>
> >>> If I set relayerGroupedControls to true before changing ControlA2's
> >> layer,
> >>> it becomes a member of GroupB.
> >>>
> >>> If I set the relayerGroupedControls to false, I get a runtime error
> that
> >>> the control or group is not open (the card is open).
> >>>
> >>> What am I doing wrong?
> >>>
> >>> Pete
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