mark cards by finding -- a problem

[Eric Chatonet]

Hi Jacque,

I did not think of that :-(
As for me, I never ported any stack from HC to Rev (and I wrote  
hundreds): I used too many externals.
I take the opportunity to tell to all "newcomers" how they would  
benefit from all powerful Rev features by trying to re-write their  
stacks with Rev instead of porting them :-)

Le 7 juil. 05 à 22:31, J. Landman Gay a écrit :

> On 7/7/05 3:16 PM, Eric Chatonet wrote:
>
>
>> Hi Timothy,
>> Obviously you are coming from HyperCard...
>> With Rev there are no "bg" fields (neither card fields) but only  
>> fields.
>> Check the topics section in the docs named "Groups and Backgrounds"
>> It might help you to understand how Rev handles "bgs"... which do  
>> not  exist with Rev ;-)
>>
>
> Sometimes that is true, but Tim's stacks are HyperCard ports and  
> they have the HCAddressing set to true. That means it acts like HC  
> and there are background fields and card fields, as well as bg  
> buttons and card buttons. All HC imports act this way unless you  
> change it.
>
> One reason the "find" command may not be working is if the script  
> is refering to a bg group that isn't placed on the current card.
>
> Tim: the best thing to do is check "the result" after using the  
> find command and see what it says. The cause of the error should be  
> in there. I've used "mark cards by finding" a lot without any  
> problem, so there is something else going on.
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay

Best Regards from Paris,

Eric Chatonet.
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