Object Layering

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue May 22 22:44:36 EDT 2012


On 5/22/12 8:41 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
> I'm using 5.0 right now, and I see that I can turn off "behave like a
> background." I don't really see any functional difference.
>
> At any rate, I was able to make a group that lies in the top layer. I
> have to manually (using the Object menu) place it on each card. The
> place command gives me an error:
>
> place group "Waiting" onto this card
>
> results in:
>
> Message execution error: Error description: Chunk: can't find
> background
>

When placing a group, it has to be called a "background" and maybe 
version 5.0 isn't accounting for that. You could try setting 
backgroundbehavior, placing the group on the cards, and then turning off 
background behavior. Might work.

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