Re: How do I make a background field?

2006-09-24 Thread Judy Perry
Thanks for the links, Devin! Judy On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Devin Asay wrote: > I put together some notes about Rev groups for the students in my > beginning Rev programming class. You can read them at: > > http://revolution.byu.edu/groups/Groups.html > > See also the discussion on Object Hierarchy a

Re: How do I make a background field?

2006-09-22 Thread James Z
Hi William, Thanks for your assistance.' James Z. On 9/22/06 7:55 AM, "William de Smet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi James, > > Select your object, make a group and then you see in the Inspector the > option: Behave like a background > > greetings, > > William > > 2006/9/22, James Z <[E

Re: How do I make a background field?

2006-09-22 Thread Richard Gaskin
Devin Asay wrote: "Backgrounds" are a much different beast in Revolution than in HyperCard and SuperCard. They're a bit harder to grasp conceptually, but once you do, you'll find them much more powerful and flexible. They are folded into the concept of groups, so you'll want to find out al

Re: How do I make a background field?

2006-09-22 Thread Devin Asay
James, "Backgrounds" are a much different beast in Revolution than in HyperCard and SuperCard. They're a bit harder to grasp conceptually, but once you do, you'll find them much more powerful and flexible. They are folded into the concept of groups, so you'll want to find out all you want

Re: How do I make a background field?

2006-09-22 Thread William de Smet
Hi James, Select your object, make a group and then you see in the Inspector the option: Behave like a background greetings, William 2006/9/22, James Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm a newbie here coming from SuperCard. I want to make a background field, assuming that it works like in SuperCard;

How do I make a background field?

2006-09-22 Thread James Z
I'm a newbie here coming from SuperCard. I want to make a background field, assuming that it works like in SuperCard;each time you add acard you get a background field where new data is associated with the new card. But I can't see where to make a background field and more important, wh