Caution re: off-screen

[Ken Norris (dialup)]

on 2/4/02 5:21 AM, Ivers, Doug E at Doug_Ivers at lord.com wrote:

> Be aware that setting the loc of an object to something like -100,-100 may
> not hide it from the end user if they use multiple screens.  On a Mac, the
> "main" screen with the menubar can be any of the monitors.  So for example,
> if I have 2 monitors and I put the menubar on the right monitor, then the
> left monitor is in "negative territory."  If you what to hide something, I
> think it best to set the visible to false.
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You know, I haven't tried this with RR, but in HC you can do both...

on openStack
  global gThis,gThat,gtheOther,gInitStuff
  send mouseUp to cd btn "Initialize"
end openStack

....will fire the script of a transparent, hidden, offscreen button.


Best regards,
Ken N.