Maybe try using the term "background" or "bkgnd" instead of "group"? When a group xxx exists in a stack but is not placed on card yyy, the "group xxx of card yyy" is not found but "bkGnd xxx of card yyy" will work. I think.
-- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jul 10, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Jessica McBeck wrote: > Hi all, > > I am attempting to set the hScroll and vScroll of a group from a card's > script. This card does not contain the group. Here's the script: > > set the vScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" of card this_Card of stack > this_Stack to y > set the hScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" of card this_Card of stack > this_Stack to x > > But during runtime livecode returns the error "Can't set property". > However, when I place a button on this_Card with the script > > on mouseDown > put the vScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" into v > add 10 to v > set the vScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" to v > end mouseDown > > the group scrolls as expected. So then I tried calling a "send" command to > the button from the card script with the necessary scroll values and got > the same "Can't set property" error message. Here's that code: > > In the card this_Card script: > > send "scrollMe" && x_b & comma && y_b to button "set scroll" > > In the button "set scroll" script: > > on scrollMe scrollX, scrollY > set the vScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" to scrollX > set the hScroll of group "ScrollingGroup" to scrollY > end scrollMe > > I imagine the problem is related to the linear flow of the message path, > but cannot think of a clever work-around. Any suggestions are greatly > appreciated! > > Thanks, > Jess > _______________________________________________ > 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
