yep, that should do it.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > Thanks Geoff. I inadvertently confused things in my last email by using > "delete" instead of "ungroup". Ungroup of a nested group is what I need > to do and using the relayerGroupedControls approach seems to work fine. > > Pete > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > yep, that's what I did in navigator way back when: set > > relayergroupedcontrols to true, make the changes by assigning layers > (which > > can be tricky) and you're set. If you're deleting, I'm not sure you even > > need to do that. Delete group "<whatever>" should work regardless of how > > many groups "<whatever>" is nested in. > > > > gc > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Geoff, > > > In my lcSTackBrowser utility I want to provide the ability to delete a > > > nested group. Someone just sent me a solution using > > relayergroupedcontrols > > > which feels much safer than the method I mentioned. > > > Pete > > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > What are you trying to accomplish? I've always used layers to move > > things > > > > into and out of groups. > > > > > > > > gc > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > What seems to work in a script is to start editing each owning > group > > > > until > > > > > you reach the one containing the group to be ungrouped, ungroup it, > > > then > > > > > stop editing its owning group. > > > > > > > > > > I'm nervous though. I've found that the world of editbackground > mode > > > is > > > > a > > > > > weird and wonderful place. No matter how many cards are in the > stack > > > > being > > > > > edited, the cardIDs returns only the card that is being edited. > And > > > the > > > > > number of controls on the card is the number in the group being > > edited > > > > not > > > > > the number on the card. And the long id of any control in the > group > > > > before > > > > > you entered this strange place isn't valid because it's not a > member > > of > > > > the > > > > > group at that point. > > > > > > > > > > Pete > > > > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Unless I'm missing something, it looks like the ungroup command > > > doesn't > > > > > > work on nested group, i.e. one that is owned by another group. > The > > > > > ungroup > > > > > > command doesn't return an error either. > > > > > > > > > > > > It feels like the only way to do this is to ungroup all the > owning > > > > groups > > > > > > first but that seems fraught with dangers of losing the group > > > > structures. > > > > > > Is there a better way to do it. By Script I mean. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
