On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, john silver wrote:
> Metacard HELP says to have a transparent graphic that will detect
> mouseclicks, you set the file property to true and the ink to "noop". This
> works fine with rectangle graphics, but not with polygon graphics. When a
> card containing the graphic is opened for the first time, rectangle
> graphics will be transparent, as advertised, but polygons will show the
> reverse color (eg. pink if over green) of whatever is under the graphic.
> Actually the color is only seen in about 90% of the graphic.
>
> This occurs on the Mac with versions 2.2 and 2.3B. Things worked fine on
> previous versions.
>
> You can get the color to go away by editing the polygon; afterwards the
> polygon is transparent. I am hoping that this can be fixed, because filled
> tranparent polygons are a very useful tool!
Looks to me like you're confusing the polygon *graphic* with a polygon
drawn in an image. The former supports inks. The latter doesn't (or
at least doesn't in any predictable way unless you're running in
24-bit screen depth).
Regards,
Scott
> John T. Silver ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Multimedia Laboratory Coordinator
> Health Sciences Library, University of Tennesee at Memphis
> Memphis, TN 38163
> (901) 448-6817
>
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