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From: greggor@Apple.COM (Greg L. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: odd-shaped buttons
Message-ID: <45750@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 17 Oct 90 21:08:59 GMT
References: <2364@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <2364@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk> np@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nigel Perry) writes:
>Needed a button the shape of an arbitrary picture.
>
>Ok, I have written a WDEF which displays a PICT (B/W only), it either
>masks the given PICT or takes another to act as the mask, it then
>constructs an arbitrary shaped window (complete with holes, non-contiguous
>areas etc.).

My polybutton XFCNs (which work with HyperCard 2) use regions to identify
button shapes.  At the moment, said regions can only be defined as
polygons.  If you had a PICT->Region conversion routine, you could probably
merge your code with mine & end up with a pretty nifty irregular-button
XFCN.


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