----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Bornstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "How to use Revolution" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: Can't set a card to the screenrect (sort of)
> These are the kind of problems that just drive me batty. > > I create a stack via code. Then I set it to the rect of the screenrect. > > I do a bunch of stuff, including adding items to the stack. Then I > group the items. > > Finally, I set the rect of the group to the rect of the card (which > should be the screenrect). > > This works fine if I put in a breakpoint. I run the code, hit the > breakpoint, click Run in the debugger, and Bob's your uncle. I end up > with a scrollable group the size of the screen. > > However, if I just run the code without any breakpoint, Rev thinks the > card size is 256 X 256 (the default size when creating a card) and the > group is set to this size--even after I've set the rect of the stack to > the screenrect. > > The commands I use are: > > <create a stack> > set the rect of stack MapName to the screenRect > <create objects and group them> > set the rect of group "Grid" of card "Map" of stack MapName to the rect > of card "Map" of stack MapName There is no "rect" of a card, simply the rect of the stack. Set the rect of your group to the rect of the stack, and you should be good to go. Regards, Raymond > > This group always turns out to be 256 X 256 even though there's stuff > in it larger than the screenrect size and even though the card always > ends up the screen size. > > The infuriating this about this is that if I run it in the debugger, > with no changes other than to stop at a breakpoint anywhere before the > group is resized, it works fine. > > Argghhh! > > Any ideas? > > > Regards, > > Howard Bornstein > ----------------------- > D E S I G N E Q > www.designeq.com > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
