According to Kevin's presentation at RRLive '12 this should be easy. So what am I doing wrong? I want to create a reusable graphic object that would sit at the left edge of some cards, and not others. So, here goes...
Create a rectangle object, make it opaque, i filled mine with 20% grey. It will also be fixed width so I set it to the width I want. To make it reusable it will need to be able to respond to messages so we must put it in the message path. So, group the object, select "behave like a background" but set "shared group" off. I don't want it on every card, just some. Select the script of the group and include the following: on resizestack set the height of graphic 1 of me to the height of this card set the topleft of graphic 1 of me to 0,0 pass resizestack end resize stack So far so good. When you resize the card the object resizes to the left of the card. Now, since I don't want it selectable I also set the rectangle to disabled and in the application browser set the rectangle to unselectable. So, now it lives on the left of the card and resizes, but is not selectable. All good. Now the fun begins. I make a new card. The graphic shows up (shouldn't have if I understand "shared group" correctly). So, I try and delete the object from the second card and it deletes it from the first card too. So, looks like I have a shared object that behaves like a background, not a reusable object that responds to messages. Where did I screw up? Have tried this a few times and always get the same result. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Creating-a-reusable-object-tp4653514.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.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
