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