I believe you can add an alpha channel to mask the stack. I have never done it, but I heard it discussed a number of times.
Bob S > On Sep 10, 2020, at 2:41 PM, David Bovill via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Id like to create a stack - has to be a stack - and for the text and some > other elements to be visible but the stack background to be transparent - is > this possible with some combination of inks and masks and blend levels? > On 2 Sep 2020, 22:03 +0100, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: >> It appears I have that backwards? >> >> Bob S >> >> >>> On Sep 2, 2020, at 8:28 AM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ditto, and I am not sure what noticeable impact one method would have over >>> another. There was some blurb a long time ago about how these keys are >>> internally sorted. I believe what was proposed is that a set of NUMERIC >>> keys beginning with 0 would actually sort correctly. >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 2, 2020, at 8:24 AM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> David, >>>> >>>> Nope you have to sort them NUMERIC. As you said this is the only way I >>>> know of. I do this all the time. I don't know of any other way. >>>> >>>> put the keys of tMyArray into tKeys >>>> sort lines of tKeys numeric >>>> repeat for each line tKey in tKeys >>>> >>>> -- do what you want with tMyArray[tKey] >>>> -- this line will put the array data in the message box (assuming there is >>>> no other sub keys in each numeric array entry). >>>> put tMyArray[tKey] into tMyVar >>>> >>>> end repeat >>>> >>>> Ralph DiMola >>>> IT Director >>>> Evergreen Information Services >>>> rdim...@evergreeninfo.net >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On >>>> Behalf Of David Bovill via use-livecode >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2020 10:55 AM >>>> To: How to use LiveCode >>>> Cc: David Bovill >>>> Subject: Looping though a numerically indexed array >>>> >>>> I’m pretty sure there must be a way to efficiently loop through >>>> numerically indexed arrays >>>> >>>> Repeat for each key and repeat for each element does not seem to sort the >>>> keys in numeric order,. Of course I can get the keys and sort them before >>>> repeating - but is there a more efficient way? >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
