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