Ah - that sounds good. And I guess if the two groups have the same rect and the same gradient everything lines up nicely!
On 1 December 2010 15:17, Jan Schenkel <janschen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Wed, 12/1/10, David Bovill <da...@vaudevillecourt.tv> wrote: > > What is the most efficient way to > > make this? I thought I could have a > > polygon graphic which was opaque but not joined up and use > > that to add > > square corners to a roundrect graphic background - but it > > seems that every > > time I make it opaque it automatically joins the graphic > > points. > > > > What I want to be able to do is have a vector graphic which > > has the option > > to have rounded corners on either or both the top and > > bottom, whcih I can > > script. The most efficient way I can thin of doing it at > > the moment is to > > have a background roundrect graphic, on top of which I can > > place a polygon > > line to create square corners, and a white opaque graphic > > just inside the > > square boundary to cover up the round corners? > > > > Is there a better way? > > > > The easiest solution is to use two graphics and strategic grouping to take > care of clipping: > 1 Rectangle graphic, grouped to clip off the top or bottom half > 1 RoundRect graphic, grouped to clip off the top or bottom half > Then group these two groups and script a behavior to handle resizeControl > messages and provide setProp handlers that control the inner groups. > Play around with gradients and graphic effects to finish off. > > At least that's how I've done it ;-) > > Jan Schenkel. > ===== > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode > www.quartam.com > > ===== > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." > (La Rochefoucauld) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
