One more thing... if MC/Rev had called this property "sharedContents" rather than "backgroundBehavior" I think it could have cleared up a lot of the confusion...
Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Re[7]: groups and background > > What word would you suggest for "a group or background whose > > backgroundBehavior is true". Are we to use that long phrase? > > I've always used the term "shared groups". > > > What word would you suggest for "a group whether referenced as a group > > or as a background"? > > A "group". Keep in mind that the whole concept of "a background" is only > there for HyperCard compatibility. The object type is "group", regardless of > what its properties are. So you need to think of it as "groups" that are > either shared with other cards, or not. This is like the "sharedText" > property of a field or the "sharedHilite" of a button; just because it is > sharing a property is no reason to call it by some other name than its given > object type. > > Just my $0.02 that has kept me sane over the years... > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
