Hi, I'm working on a plug-in that seeks to create objects in another stack. I have been successful to a degree but several issues have arisen that raise some questions about the best way to accomplish this.
Basically I am having the user make changes to a grp and a button that controls the visible property of the group so that once it is created the button shows and hides the group (among other things). The scripting of the objects themselves has been accomplished the question is "What is the best way to create them in the target stack". here are my options as I see it. I can go to the topStack and create a new button assign it the desired properties and script w/o much problem. The group becomes a much more complex issue because it may contain 20 or more sub objects. This would require a lot of coding. The other option is to have the user make changes to the Objects in the plug in then simply copy the Objects to the new stack. At the end of the script use custom properties to return the plug-in objects to some predefined default state. I have been using the following scheme to try to do this without a lot of luck. put the name of btn id "1281" into btnName copy button btnName push card open stack targetStack -- this variable was initialized earlier go to card id targetCard -- this variable was initialized earlier paste btn btnName -- I'll deal w the loc & rect of the object later pop card put the name of grp id "1498" into grpName copy grp grpName push card open stack targetStack -- this variable was initialized earlier go to card id targetCard -- this variable was initialized earlier paste grp grpName --I'll deal w the loc & rect of the object later pop card -- reset btns properties to defaults so they can be used to make other new objects Is it necessary to go to a particular card in the target stack? Presumably, the user will already be on the desired card when the plug-in scripts are executed. Is it possible to copy the Objects one right after the other, like so? copy btn btnName copy group grpName push card open stack targetStack go to card id targetCard paste btn btnName paste grp grpName pop card TopStack Question: Does the topStack designate the mainStack or the stack that is in the currently active window? Thanks Steve Stephen Messimer Messimer Computing _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
