sorting by mixed fields

[Timothy Miller]

Okay, I get it. That will do the trick.

I keep forgetting that more than one group can appear on the same  
card. I'm obviously a hyperCard holdover.

I've never tried to place a group on multiple cards, which may or may  
not contain other backgrounds, but it's probably not very hard.

Thanks, Tim


On Dec 31, 2006, at 6:51 PM, Bill Marriott wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand your situation clearly, but what I would  
> do is to
> create a background common to all cards called "MasterSequence"  
> which checks
> whatever variations of fields might be on the card (i.e., the  
> "card" level
> Sequence field and the "bg" level Sequence field) and determines the
> appropriate index value. Then you can easily and unambiguously sort  
> by that
> field.
>
> Timothy Miller asks,
>> My question: Given the foregoing, what happens if I try to sort  
>> cards  by
>> field "sequence" ? Can this work?
>>
>> The collateral question: If this has any chance of working, should  
>> I  sort
>> cards by:
>>
>> field "sequence" ? or
>> bg field "sequence" ?
>>
>> Would it be better to set a customkey? E.g., "set the  
>> sequenceNumber  of
>> this card to 522" ?
>>
>> Can I sort cards by a customKey?
>