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Hi,

I want to rotate a group, so I tried to rotate the controls of the group with a repeat loop but the command But it is written that rotatepoly only rotates lines, curves, or polygones. SO if I have a rectangle I cant rotate it.
Is there not another command which can rotate anything?

Thanks

A rectangle is a four-sided polygon. Just make change the style of the graphic from rectangle to polygon and then you can use the revRotatePoly command.

Thanks, but there is not a library or a function which could allow to rotate anything?
Maybe someone has already improved the rotate function?

Tal

HI Tal,
I am new to Livecode programming, can you please tell how were you able to rotate a group. I am working on it but cannot find the right command.
I tried using revRotatePoly But it didn't work.

Hi,

you cannot rotate a group, and of course not with the "rotatePOLY" command, where POLY stands for "polygon" (graphic).
The dictiorany leaves no coubt about this!

You can rotate "polygons" by setting their startangle and rotate images by setting their "angle" property, that's all!


Best

Klaus

Hi Klaus,
Thanks for the reply.
Is it possible to move different types of objects all at once?

Surbhit

Yes! Check "lockmoves" in the dictionary.

Basically you DELAY all "move" command with this property until you UNLOCK them again like this:
...
lock moves
move button 1 to 300,200 in 2 seconds
move field 2 to 0,0 in 2 seconds
## Nothing is moving yet!

unlock moves
## Now the objects are moving together...
...

Best

Klaus

Thanks a lot Klaus
That worked well.

Surbhit