Re: selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
Thomas McGrath III wrote: Jac, but once you get to the second stack with the pointer tool the selection is lost? No? I have to play some more. I was just hoping for experience. I tried a quick experiment before I answered and the selection stays until you select something else or click in a n

Re: selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread Thomas McGrath III
to act on a user selected object in stack one while in stack two. I'm not seeing any problem with just using "the selectedObject". It returns the long name of the object that's selected with the pointer tool regardless of what stack it's in. -- Jacqu

Re: selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread Thomas McGrath III
setting the defaultStack to stack1 before referencing the selectedObject? (This is a guess, but seems plausible) Phil Davis Thomas McGrath III wrote: Is there a way that I am missing to get a selected object from one stack in another stack 'without' having to palette the window of

selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread Richmond Mathewson
Humpf: probably have to set the DEFAULTSTACK to the stack which you are wishing to act on, select the object, manipulate, and then set DEFAULTSTACK back to the stack from which the manipulation command is coming. Probably best to set the LOCKSCREEN to true while you do this so as to avoid problem

Re: selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread J. Landman Gay
with just using "the selectedObject". It returns the long name of the object that's selected with the pointer tool regardless of what stack it's in. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

Re: selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread Phil Davis
How about setting the defaultStack to stack1 before referencing the selectedObject? (This is a guess, but seems plausible) Phil Davis Thomas McGrath III wrote: Is there a way that I am missing to get a selected object from one stack in another stack 'without' having to palette the

selectedObject()

2009-02-03 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Is there a way that I am missing to get a selected object from one stack in another stack 'without' having to palette the window of the second stack? I want to act on a user selected object in stack one while in stack two. Thanks Tom McGrath III Lazy River Software 3mcgr...@comcast.net iTu

Re: Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

2005-10-25 Thread David Bovill
On 25 Oct 2005, at 05:54, Jerry Daniels wrote: David, I am having trouble with the concept of selecting something without the user touching it. We could, of course, make a preference for this behavior. ? That is the behaviour of Constellation no - select in object browser and manipulate

Re: Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

2005-10-24 Thread Jerry Daniels
David, I am having trouble with the concept of selecting something without the user touching it. We could, of course, make a preference for this behavior. Best, Jerry P.S. I hope you get treatment for that virus, too. On Oct 20, 2005, at 2:42 PM, David Bovill wrote: On 20 Oct 2005, at

Re: Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

2005-10-24 Thread David Bovill
On 20 Oct 2005, at 19:39, Jerry Daniels wrote: We USED TO select the object during no-click inspection--if the pointer was chosen. Recent version changed this right - kindo of liked it myself - now I'm still stuck as i cant 1. The TITLE of Constellation's window has the full name of

Re: Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

2005-10-20 Thread Jerry Daniels
David, First of all, the feature "no-click" inspection is a feature of Inspection Gadget which works with either Constellation OR the Rev script/prop editors. We USED TO select the object during no-click inspection--if the pointer was chosen. However: that became problematic because the

Constellation: any way to get equivalent of the selectedObject?

2005-10-20 Thread David Bovill
Like the fact you can work with objects without actually selecting themn but how can you determine which object is "selected" from constellation from a script? In a bit of a consternation over this? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@