Group command syntax

[Michael Doub]

I just got that method to work but it does not seem to remember the last group.

do theGroupList
set the name of the last group to "_scroller"

Does not change the groups name.  :-(

-= Mike



On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Paul Hibbert <lc at pbh.on-rev.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> 
> The dictionary states…
> 
> Parameters:
>   The objectList is a list of object references, separated by the word "and".
> 
> I'm not saying it's the correct way, but if you need to build the group command via script, this does work…
> 
>   put "group" && the name of button "a" && "and" && the name of button "b" into xx
>   do xx
> 
> HTH
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> On 2013-04-19, at 3:04 PM, Michael Doub wrote:
> 
>> I feel a bit foolish asking this but I can not figure out the syntax for the group command.
>> 
>> I am trying to clone a bunch of objects, align them property and then group them so I can build a scrolling group.
>> 
>> group button "a" and button "b"   -- works fine
>> 
>>  put the name of button "a" && return && the name of button "b"into xx
>>  group xx  --- does not work
>> 
>> the dictionary says    group [objectList]
>> 
>> what is the syntax for an objectList?
>> 
>> -= Mike
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