1.5 (now 2.0) The Transparent Button Issue

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Wed Nov 13 15:09:00 EST 2002


>If the goal is to have all of the images accessible on every card without
>duplication of the actual image data, why not do this?...
>Put all of the images into a group, set the group's background behavior to
>true, then place the group onto any existing cards.

>You suggestion sounds promising, Roger...why didn't I think of it?   :{`)

Here's my excuse from May 23rd:

>All I did was import an image as control, create a group containing 
>only the image, and set the background property of the group.  Now 
>select New Card from the Objects menu and then open the image 
>library for the stack--wallah: two copies of the image appear.


Subsequent to that post, Jeanne confirmed there was only one copy of 
the image (bug in the Image Library stack); but I guess I forgot to 
reinstate single-image groups as a viable option.

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Rob Cozens
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