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From: np@doc.ic.ac.uk (Nigel Perry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: opaque paint problem
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Date: 24 Jan 89 09:47:55 GMT
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[System Tools 6.0.2, HyperCard 1.2.1, Mac+ 1Mb 20Mb HD]

Opaque paint doesn't seem to work properly, can anybody suggest a solution
or is this a real bug? Scenario: background picture of keyboard, background
transparent buttons over some of the keys including "return", card picture
of ']' button painted opaque. This is done so when the return button is
highlighted it looks "L" shaped. Now this works fine, but leave the card
and come back again and the card picture has gone transparent! I've
temporarily fixed the problem by using an "openCard" handler to
select the card picture and make it opaque again, but this is slow.
Any ideas, have I misunderstood opaque paint?

P.S. I asked this before but got no reply, any idea what a "WCMD" is?
One appeared in HC2-1.1 (UK 1.1) its called "SoundCapToRes", it is NOT
an XCMD...

				Nigel.
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Nigel Perry                                  Department of Computing
                                             Imperial College
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