Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread James Z
Hi Mark, Yes quit and restart revolution. Using factory clean download, no plugins. I guess I'll have forget about background buttons. Maybe I'll reinstall Rev. Thanks, James On 10/30/06 10:53 AM, Mark Schonewille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi James, I followed the steps exactly as you

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Bill Marriott
Does your license enable you to use 2.7.4? This is probably something you should write support about because groups and backgrounds are a pretty essential/core feature. James Z [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mark, Yes quit and restart revolution. Using factory

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
That's weird, James. Feel free to send me your stack with 1 grouped button. Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line within minutes with Salery Web Store software. Download at http://www.salery.biz

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
I just tried it in 2.7.2 and it seems to work fine. It must be something specific to James' configuration. Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line within minutes with Salery Web Store software.

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Cragg
On 30 Oct 2006, at 18:24, James Z wrote: Something isn't working here. I'm on an Intel Mac Pro, Rev Studio 2.7.3 Build 278. I do the following: 1. File menu, New Mainstack. 2. Drag a button to the card. 3. The button is selected, Cmd G, to group. 4. right click (or control click -Property

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Dave, Here, the backgroundBehavior is off by default (Rev 2.7.4). I wonder why we experience a difference in default settings? Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line within minutes with

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread James Z
Its the version that was available when I ordered rev. I don't want to report a bug if I'm the only one experiencing it. On 10/31/06 1:06 AM, Bill Marriott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does your license enable you to use 2.7.4? This is probably something you should write support about because

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Cragg
On 31 Oct 2006, at 10:20, Mark Schonewille wrote: Hi Dave, Here, the backgroundBehavior is off by default (Rev 2.7.4). I wonder why we experience a difference in default settings? Strange. I'm seeing some odd behavior. On checking again, *most* times I'm seeing the backgroundBehavior

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Bill Marriott
You're probably not the only one experiencing it, just the only one taking the time to write about it. There have been a lot of issues with the 2.7.x series, so having the latest update is important. Writing support isn't the same as filing a bug... and if your license doesn't allow for the

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread J. Landman Gay
Bill Marriott wrote: You're probably not the only one experiencing it, just the only one taking the time to write about it. I don't think so. So far, no one else has been able to reproduce the problem. I have never seen the problem either, and I use an awful lot of background groups in my

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-31 Thread Bill Marriott
Jacque, You're probably not the only one experiencing it, just the only one taking the time to write about it. I don't think so. So far, no one else has been able to reproduce the problem. I have never seen the problem either, and I use an awful lot of background groups in my work. The

Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread James Z
I'm new to revolution, coming from HC and SC. I want an 'arrow' button to go to the next card, but I can't find any. How do I get an 'arrow' button. Thanks James Z. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url

Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Yes, there are arrow icons. 1. Double-click on your new button to open the preferences palette. 2. Select Icons and Border from the drop-down menu at the top of the preferences palette. 3. Click on the silly magic wand icon next to where it says 'Icon'. 4. Choose either Standard Icons or

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread James Z
Thank you very much! One more question... How do I put a button in the background so each card has the same button? James On 10/30/06 2:18 AM, Richmond Mathewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, there are arrow icons. 1. Double-click on your new button to open the preferences palette. 2.

Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
One more question... How do I put a button in the background so each card has the same button? I don't know how 'you' do that: BUT I just copy-paste the same button containing the same script and the same icon reference to wherever I want it to appear. However, I am a strictly path of least

Re-2: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread runrev260805
Hi, select the button or buttons. Press CTRL-G to group the selected button(s). Open the propertyinspector (right click on the selected group) and check Behave like a background under BasicProperties. That´s all. Matthias Original Message Subject: Re: Are there any arrow

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi James, Create your button on the first card of your stack, select it, choose Group Selected from the Object menu and run the following script: put the short id of the last grp into myID -- following line shows grp if new cards -- are created afterwards set the bgBehavior of the last grp

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Marielle Lange
I just copy-paste the same button containing the same script and the same icon reference to wherever I want it to appear. A word of caution here. Though the use backgroundbehavior is a much safer option, the technique given here works perfectly fine for the use being described here, to

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marriott
James Z asked... One more question... How do I put a button in the background so each card has the same button? Richmond Mathewson suggested... I just copy-paste the same button containing the same script and the same icon reference to wherever I want it to appear. You're joking, right?

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
My script won't work, you need to refer to the grp as a bg once you have set the bgBehavior to true: place bg id myID onto cd x Sorry for the inconvenience. Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com http://www.salery.biz Get your store on-line

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Marielle and all, Le 30 oct. 06 à 13:40, Marielle Lange a écrit : I just copy-paste the same button containing the same script and the same icon reference to wherever I want it to appear. A word of caution here. To copy and paste *images* is dangerous a good strategy with image is

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Dave Cragg
On 30 Oct 2006, at 13:33, Bill Marriott wrote: No, the answer is simply to group the button (along with any other persistent element in your UI) and set the group to Behave like a Background in the object inspector. At the risk of confusing James even more, I don't think it's necessary to

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marriott
Yes, absolutely right, BUT... he's coming from HyperCard, so he probably expects it to behave that way :) Dave Cragg pointed out... When you set the group to Behave like a Background (set the backgroundBehavior to true), you change the message passing path.

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread James Z
Something isn't working here. I'm on an Intel Mac Pro, Rev Studio 2.7.3 Build 278. I do the following: 1. File menu, New Mainstack. 2. Drag a button to the card. 3. The button is selected, Cmd G, to group. 4. right click (or control click -Property inspector from menu). 5. Click the Behave like

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi James, I followed the steps exactly as you described and it works fine in Rev 2.7.4 on Mac OS X. Did you quit and restart Revolution before doing this and do you have any non-default plug-ins installed? Best, Mark -- Economy-x-Talk Consultancy and Software Engineering

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marriott
James, That's how you're supposed to do it and it works fine for me on Rev 2.6.1 (Windows XP Pro). Sorry, I am unable to test on 2.7.x. James Z reported... Something isn't working here. I'm on an Intel Mac Pro, Rev Studio 2.7.3 Build 278. I do the following: 1. File menu, New Mainstack.

Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Bill Marriott wrote: You're joking, right? Har, har, har . . . I wish I were (and by George I have a difficult time explaining that Subjunctive outburst to my adult students here in Bulgaria). I spend most of my programming time making really very goofy standalones (that run on Linux) that

Re: Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Richmond Mathewson wrote: Backgrounds in RR are not at all the same thing as backgrounds in the dearly departed HC - and I eschew them as being more trouble than they are worth. You simply need to learn how to use them. They are actually less trouble and worth more than the

Are there any arrow buttons?

2006-10-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Scott Rossi wrote: This behavior is a fundamental Revolution behavior -- you really should learn to harness its power rather than dismissing it as too much trouble. You are probably right. One of the things I really like about RR/MC is that it allows programmers with different styles and ways