On 6/14/04 8:57 PM, Bill wrote:
I will be better able to document this crash (which caused me to lose 6 hours of programming which by the way, coming from HyperCard, is something that would never happen in HyperCard) when, if, I ever understand the "group" property.
I'm sorry you lost work. HyperCard's auto-saving behavior is hard to get un-used to and I think most of us HC converts have lost work at first. After a while you will remember to save periodically just as you do in other applications, but at first the similarities between Rev and HC make it hard to remember to do that.
You can put this in the stack script of your stack to simulate HC's auto-save if you want:
on closecard save this stack pass closecard end closcard
This will save your work for you every time you change cards. I don't recommend using the script after you get used to saving your work manually, as it slows down operation somewhat, but for a while it may come in handy while you are learning.
A very good explanation of how Revolution groups differ from HyperCard groups is located in the online Help documentation. From the Help menu, choose "Search documentation". Enter into the search box: "groups and backgrounds". The last hit in the short list that appears should answer a good many of your questions. Rev groups can behave either like HC backgrounds, or like card groups. Once you get the feel of how it works, you will like it. :)
If you still have questions after reading the Help explanation, do write again and we'll jump in.
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