How do I make a background field?

[Devin Asay]

James,

"Backgrounds" are a much different beast in Revolution than in  
HyperCard and SuperCard. They're a bit harder to grasp conceptually,  
but once you do, you'll find them much more powerful and flexible.  
They are folded into the concept of groups, so you'll want to find  
out all you want about groups, especially the backgroundBehavior  
property.

I put together some notes about Rev groups for the students in my  
beginning Rev programming class. You can read them at:

http://revolution.byu.edu/groups/Groups.html

See also the discussion on Object Hierarchy and the Message Path in:

http://revolution.byu.edu/scripts/ScriptsCont.html

Hope you find them useful.

Welcome to the Revolution!

Devin

On Sep 22, 2006, at 8:51 AM, James Z wrote:

> I'm a newbie here coming from SuperCard. I want to make a  
> background field,
> assuming that it  works like   in SuperCard;    each time you add  
> a    card
> you get a background field where new data is associated with the  
> new card.
>
> But I can't see where to make a background field and more  
> important, where
> do I find this information in help?
>
> James Z

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University