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From: kenk@tellabs.com (Ken Konecki)
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Subject: Re: Mixing up a stack
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Date: 5 Oct 90 17:50:53 GMT
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In article <5431@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> mfv@PacBell.COM (Michael Vargo) writes:
>Part 2:
>
>How can I selectively hide parts of the background.  I can hide the fields
>no sweat, and also buttons etc.  How about paint background stuff.  I
>don't want to erase it, only to hide it.  Should I put a opaque button over
>it??

Close. Put a foreground picture on it. Then you can do
something like 
    hide card picture
and
    show card picture
To show and hide the background respectively.

Cheers,
    -Ken K
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