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- From: nodine@lcs.mit.edu (Mark H. Nodine)
- Subject: Re: Constant bg fld
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.205139.9882@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu
- Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
- References: <1992Nov13.150422.13054@walter.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:51:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.150422.13054@walter.bellcore.com>, cheri@decoy.cc.bellcore.com writes:
- |> Hi,
- |>
- |> Is there any way for the *contents* of a background field to be shared across
- |> cards? I'm currently copying the contents into the fld every time I open a
- |> card, but that's a pain!
- |>
- |> To be more specific about my problem, I have a scrolling list of categories
- |> (which is a bg fld) to which users can add. The list of all categories must be
- |> displayed on each card. I'm running SuperCard 1.6 (if that's relevant).
-
- There is a "SharedText" property for background fields.
- Unfortunately, the field can only be edited if you are in
- background mode. However, you could provide some kind of
- interface to add/subtract from it (e.g., buttons "Add
- Category" and "Remove Category").
-
- --Mark
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-