Tim, Perhaps have a set of 'view' cards, together with an 'input' card (or substack) for data entry that traps the various videos and field data, This input card could have a 'save' button script to create the new 'view' card, copy the images and data to specific locations and add them to the appropriate correct scrollable groups (not set as background)? This 'input' card could then be replicated to make an 'edit' view? Best, Keith.. On 15 Jun 2011, at 07:13, Timothy Miller wrote:
> Greetings, > > I thought I knew how to do this, but it isn't working out. > > I'm making a stack that will help me practice identifying birds. One card per > species. Images and songs, mostly, plus a few fields for habitat, seasonality > and so on. Some fields and buttons will be common to all cards, but most > fields will not "share text." Each card will have different images. > > Chances are I will gradually add fancy bells and whistles. I'll want to hide > the name of the species, for instance, forcing myself to name the species by > song or image, then show the name to see if I got it right. That sort of > thing. I think I know how to do most of what I plan. > > At the moment, I'm stuck on a basic problem, and I hope someone will help > un-stick me. > > I want to be able to make a new card, quickly and conveniently, type the name > of the species into a field designated for that purpose, then paste several > images onto the card -- as many as desired. The total area of the images will > be quite a bit larger than the total area of the card, so I want the images > to scroll vertically while retaining their positions, relative to each other. > I don't mind dragging the new images to their desired locations manually. > > There's something basic I'm not getting. > > I thought if I pasted several images onto a card, scroll bars would magically > appear, which would scroll the images as a group. Not happening. Maybe > backgrounds scroll but stacks and cards don't? > > I made a scrolling group, pasted multiple pictures in it. That works on one > card. But if I set bgBehavior to "true," then "new card" duplicates all the > pictures, and the pictures are shared between cards. I want different > pictures on each card. If I set bgBehavior to "false," making a new card > becomes complicated. > > (I'm a hyperCard retread, so setting bgBehavior to "false" don't come > natchrel.) > > I don't need detailed instructions or scripts. Just a few hints. > > Maybe I need to make a scrolling stack with scrollbar buttons, which I would > script as needed, instead of depending on the native scroll bars you get with > a scrolling group? Hmm... In that case, I guess I'd need to place the scroll > bars on each new card... > > Maybe I need to place a different group on each new card with bgBehavior set > to false? Maybe a "new card" button with a script that places a new group on > the new card, sets its rect and size and other characteristics? > > Maybe there's more than one way to do what I want... probably so... > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Tim > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
