Re: Substacks vs. Backgrounds
Hi Mikey, I've run into what might be a bug in the way that groups are represented as backgrounds (or maybe not), but this brings up an interesting question - groups/backgrounds or substacks? Do we have a preference? Other than some minor semantics in the scripts, is there any compelling reason to go one way or the other? ? Sorry, I actually don't get the point. To me substacks and groups/bgs are like day and night. But if you think there's no big difference, feel free to use groups/bgs instead of substacks or vice versa ;-) Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.major-k.de ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Substacks vs. Backgrounds
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:36:37 -0400, Mikey wrote: I've run into what might be a bug in the way that groups are represented as backgrounds (or maybe not), but this brings up an interesting question - groups/backgrounds or substacks? Do we have a preference? Other than some minor semantics in the scripts, is there any compelling reason to go one way or the other? Well, to me, substacks are like regular stacks, just without a separate on-disk representation. I usually use them for secondary windows, tool palettes, dialog boxes, etc. Groups/backgrounds are for sharing objects across multiple cards in a stack, so they really aren't very much like substacks, IMHO. Can you provide more info as to how you're viewing substacks/groups and what you want to accomplish? Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Substacks vs. Backgrounds
Ken, Granted you can use backgrounds to share objects across multiple cards, but that isn't necessary, as you know. I probably should have finished my 'dew before posting this morning. Forget the sharing of objects for the moment. For the purpose of building various dialogs/forms/etc., there doesn't appear to be any real advantage of one over the other to me, which is what brought this up in the first place after I discovered one of the problems I'm trying to figure out right now. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, This is good. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Substacks vs. Backgrounds
Actually, backgrounds/groups can make excellent dialogs, forms or floating palettes, as long as they stay within the window bounds of the stack. They are faster loading than an equivalent stack and they can have the advantage of being on the same card, which makes addressing simpler. On the mac, the border feature on a group wil make a very attractive round rect panel for you. They can also be partially transparent. A transparent button set to the screenrect can provide modality. Ken, Granted you can use backgrounds to share objects across multiple cards, but that isn't necessary, as you know. I probably should have finished my 'dew before posting this morning. Forget the sharing of objects for the moment. For the purpose of building various dialogs/forms/etc., there doesn't appear to be any real advantage of one over the other to me, which is what brought this up in the first place after I discovered one of the problems I'm trying to figure out right now. -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Substacks vs. Backgrounds
On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:16:12 -0400, Mikey wrote: Ken, Granted you can use backgrounds to share objects across multiple cards, but that isn't necessary, as you know. I probably should have finished my 'dew before posting this morning. Forget the sharing of objects for the moment. For the purpose of building various dialogs/forms/etc., there doesn't appear to be any real advantage of one over the other to me, which is what brought this up in the first place after I discovered one of the problems I'm trying to figure out right now. Ah, thanks for clarifying, Mikey. Although you can use groups to simulate dialogs, forms, etc., there are several advantages to substacks: 1) They can be made modal, and thus block access to other areas of the program - to do this with groups would take extra coding, and would only block access to the same stack on which the group appears - any other visible stacks would still be accessible (unless you do extra-*extra*-coding). 2) If you have code that takes actions based on looping through objects, etc., you'd have to skip over any objects used in a group, whereas you wouldn't have to if you used a substack. 3) If you need to use the same form or dialog in multiple stacks, using a substack allows you to call the same form/dialog from all places, whereas if you used a group, you'd have to copy the group to the other stack(s) you were working with. Now of course, if you're only using a single stack, and have no intentions of having other stacks in your project, then some of these items no longer apply, but you get the idea... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
