group weirdness

[Klaus Major]

Hi Peter,

> Now I'm confused with groups.  I have a group I have put on all my  
> cards.  It has isBackground checked.  I have a check box the  
> group.  If I edit the script for the check box on one card,  
> shouldn't it be updated on the other cards?

Sure! But it doesn't?

> I guess if you copy and paste the group it creates a new instance?

Yep, "place" it the thing to do :-)

> Why does "Place Group" sometimes not work?

The IDE has some quirks, y'know...

> I go to a new card and try to place my background group but it  
> doesn't appear.

Make the message box your friend!

place grp "xyz" onto cd "name of card here" ##ENTER

and you are done :-)
This will always work, even if the IDE doesn't.

> Peter T. Evensen
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Regards

Klaus Major
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