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From: dale@bcm.tmc.edu (Dale A. Samuelsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Backgrounds, sub (super backgrounds)
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Date: 13 Mar 90 20:35:56 GMT
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In article <285@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> dale@bcm.tmc.edu (Dale A. Samuelsen) 
writes:
> In article <16814@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> abdenour@mist.cs.orst.edu 
(Abdennour 
> A. MOUSSAOUI) writes:
> 
> > I have 100 cards all sharing the same
> > background (fields,buttons, icons,drawings) plus that 10 of these 100
> > cards also share in addition other things(buttons,fields, ..) between
> > these 10 cards.
> > is it possible to define one background in terms of another?
> > currently I only know how to define a background from scratch.
> > I mean, If I have a backgound that has a,b,c can I define another
> > that have a,b,c plus d,e,f (like a super set)?
> 
> Yes it is possible to do this.  Under the Objects menu there is a menu 
> item called "New Background". This menu item will present a dialog box to 
> you.  In the bottom left hand corner of this dialog box is a check-box 
> which gives you the option of using the current background as the basis on 
> which to build your new background.  Make sure this box is checked, then 
> simply add your new buttons to the new background for the new set of cards.

Ok - ok... its time for me to 'fess up.  

If you try out my above method of creating a new background, you'll find out that I lied through my teeth.  Sorry about that.  What I was really thinking 
about was creating new stacks with similar backgrounds rather than 
copying one background to another.

Sheesh - you'd think a guy'd check out his facts before wasting bandwidth. 

Believe it or not, I realized my mistake when showing hypercard to (of 
all people) an IBM sales rep.

What I should have said above is that to copy items from one background to 
another you must first create a new background (under the Objects menu), 
then -while in background mode - copy the items one at a time from the old 
background to the new.  That's much more tedious than my fantasy method, 
but much more effective :-).

Any flames, brickbats, maledictions, etc. about my earlier posting are 
well deserved, and should be sent to me via e-mail at your earliest 
convenience.

Sorry about the earlier mis-information.

Dale A. Samuelsen
Baylor College of Medicine
dale@bcm.tmc.edu
--Any opinions expressed are mine alone and do not necessarily represent 
those of Baylor College of Medicine.