Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!bionet!arisia!roo!masinter From: masinter@parc.xerox.com (Larry Masinter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: Background Button Problems Message-ID: Date: 26 Aug 90 07:11:23 GMT References: <15824@s.ms.uky.edu> <1990Aug18.113207.2073@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 15 In-reply-to: n_hays@vaxa.cc.uwa.oz.au's message of 18 Aug 90 03:32:07 GMT It is much more reliable to hide background buttons and fields by putting something in front of them (a card painting or opaque iconless, nameless button without script). Among the advantages over scripting "hide" and "show" commands is the reduction in screen flashing (the buttons don't temporarily appear on the screen until the script kicks in) and in disk access (hypercard normally writes the disk if you change the 'visible' property of an item.) -- Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com) Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 3333 Coyote Hill Road; Palo Alto, CA USA 94304 Fax: (415) 494-4333