Self Awareness?

[Bob Sneidar]

It’s my understanding of the message path that a background group will receive all messages before the card will. I suppose that is the place to intercept any message you want to process. 

Bob S


> On Feb 11, 2015, at 11:06 , Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Does a control receive any message when it is pasted onto a card?
> 
> Iąm trying to figure out a way for a control (usually a group) to
> initialize some of its properties upon being pasted.  Things like
> preOpenControl and openControl donąt appear to work.  I know this can be
> done with a frontScript, but Iąd prefer to detect a message in the control
> itself, if there is one.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
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