jbv wrote: > > > Andrew, > > That's because in HC "card fields" and "background fields" were > different kinds of controls. Such difference doesn't exist in Rev. > > JB > > >> In a stack imported from a HyperCard stack, I need to prefix a >> reference to a field with the word "card". E.g. evaluating 'the rect of >> field "x"' in the message box fails with "no such object" but >> evaluating 'the rect of card field "x"' works. >> >> In other Rev stack I've created, the word "card" is not necessary. >> Rereading the Rev Dictionary info for HC programmers, and about >> importing stacks, I see nothing about this. Looking in the dictionary >> for the "field" keyword and the field objects says nothing about this. >> Searching for "card field" turns up nothing. >> >> Why is this extra word necessary?
Only in imported stacks. There's a stack property which governs this (the hcAddressing?) which is on by default for imported stacks and off on natively built stacks. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
