Re: Add a control to a group
Hi Devin, Another way might be: create image in group export snapshot.. to it Pete lcSQL Software On Aug 1, 2014 3:27 PM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, Usually I copy them and then I delete the original: copy btn id x to grp y delete btn id x Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-) Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Add a control to a group
On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, Usually I copy them and then I delete the original: copy btn id x to grp y delete btn id x Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-) Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Add a control to a group
Hi Devin, You could export a snapshot to a variable, create an image object in the group and set the text of the image. export snapshot from rect myRect to myPicture as PNG create image New Image in grp Your Group set the text of it to myPicture -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/468 Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 8/2/2014 00:27, Devin Asay wrote: On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, Usually I copy them and then I delete the original: copy btn id x to grp y delete btn id x Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-) Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Add a control to a group
Hi Devin, Yet another approach… create invisible image snapShot in group myGroup export snapshot from group or_Whatever to image snapShot set the visible of img snapShot to true Paul On 2014-08-01, at 3:36 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, You could export a snapshot to a variable, create an image object in the group and set the text of the image. export snapshot from rect myRect to myPicture as PNG create image New Image in grp Your Group set the text of it to myPicture -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/468 Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 8/2/2014 00:27, Devin Asay wrote: On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, Usually I copy them and then I delete the original: copy btn id x to grp y delete btn id x Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-) Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Add a control to a group
Thanks, Paul and Mark. As usual, there are many ways to skin that cat. Devin On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:41 PM, Paul Hibbert paulhibb...@mac.com wrote: Hi Devin, Yet another approach… create invisible image snapShot in group myGroup export snapshot from group or_Whatever to image snapShot set the visible of img snapShot to true Paul On 2014-08-01, at 3:36 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, You could export a snapshot to a variable, create an image object in the group and set the text of the image. export snapshot from rect myRect to myPicture as PNG create image New Image in grp Your Group set the text of it to myPicture -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Installer Maker for LiveCode: http://qery.us/468 Buy my new book Programming LiveCode for the Real Beginner http://qery.us/3fi LiveCode on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/runrev/ On 8/2/2014 00:27, Devin Asay wrote: On Aug 1, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Hi Devin, Usually I copy them and then I delete the original: copy btn id x to grp y delete btn id x Probably you could also write a script to cut the control, edit the group and paste the control in the group. This wouldn't require creating a copy and deleting the original, but it might look strange when this happens and if something goes wrong, you lose your control :-) Thanks, Mark. Right after I posted this I started experimenting with that technique and it looks promising. I just thought there might be a more direct way to do it. I just found this from the list in Nabble, from Klaus: create button in group foo But that won't work for me, because I am taking a snapshot then adding it to the group. I think I'll use Mark's suggestion. Regards, Devin Devin Asay Learn to code with LiveCode University http://university.livecode.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Add a control to a group
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Devin Asay devin_a...@byu.edu wrote: Thanks, Paul and Mark. As usual, there are many ways to skin that cat. Bu very few cats that like getting skinned . . . -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
