A Positioning Mystery

Rob Cozens rcozens at pon.net
Thu Jan 29 12:18:32 EST 2004


I've about exhausted all ideas of how to figure out what is going on 
here...anyone want to be detective of the day?

Actually, I just discovered a clue while writing this...

Scenario:

1. A group on one card of a resizeable stack, consisting of several 
images, buttons with icons, and a field. Clue: One of the images is 
moved by an animation.

2. A resizeStack handler which changes the loc of the group, but does 
not address any controls in the group.

3.  A closeStack handler that resizes the stack to it's original size.

Mystery:  Each time I open and close the stack, the position of the 
animated image changes relative to the other controls in the group.

My guess now is that the animation, which changes the size and 
position of the image, changes the relative positioning of the image 
in relation to other grouped controls as well.

Should be easy enough to test by removing the image from the group 
and positioning the group relative to the image...so I will.

But if I am correct, it seems to me this is an issue of Revolution 
features that work fine individually but start stepping on each 
other's toes when applied together.

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
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Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

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