Hi Pete: "Place" adds an instance of an existing group to a card. Copy & paste creates a new group object.
Deleting a group physically deletes it from the stack. Removing a group removes the instance of the group from the card, but doesn't delete the group from the stack. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 2/8/13 11:27 AM, "Peter Haworth" <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: >Trying to avoid any gotchas before embarking on some work involving >background groups and there's precious little information about them. > >Are there characteristics of background groups other than the background >behavior property property that must be consistent on whichever card they >are on in order for them to behave as bg groups? Layer/ID/ Name, for >example? > >Do background groups behave differently depending on whether their shared >behavior property is true? > >If I copy and paste a bg group onto a card instead of using the place >command, does it mess up it "backgroundness"? If not, what's >the purpose of the place command > >If I delete a bg group from a card rather than use the remove command, >does >that in any way affect its instances on other cards? If not, what's the >purpose of the remove command? > >I notice that if I copy and paste a card with a bg group on it into a >different stack, the bg group is still there and has its background >property set. If I then create a new card in this stack, the background >group is on it. Will it still behave like a background group linked to >the >background group in the original stack? > >Thanks for satisfying my curiosity! > > >Pete >lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> >_______________________________________________ >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