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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Background weirdness!  Please help!
Keywords: backgrounds,copying,cards
Message-ID: <40234@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 90 23:44:49 GMT
References: <2840@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <2840@milton.acs.washington.edu> bjornl@milton.u.washington.edu
(Bjorn Levidow) writes:
>	But the problem is that sometimes when I paste the "temp" card,
>it has a new background ID and the new card is the only card associated
>with that background!!

I can't tell exactly what's happening to cause new backgrounds without
looking at your stack. However, knowing this may help: *any* difference
between the background objects in the pasted card and the background objects
of the background in the stack will cause HyperCard to create a new
background. This includes properties such as the hilite of a button. One
common cause of the problem is a checkbox or radio button whose hilite
state is changed between the time the card is cut or copied and the time
it's pasted back in: this counts as a change in the background, and since
the pasted card's background structure is now different (no matter how
little) from that in the stack, HyperCard assumes that it should paste the
card with a unique background.
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