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Hi there,

I've been looking through the SDK, but I cannot find a way to hide a group object through scripting.

Basically, I'll be changing a widget between two values, which I would like to toggle the visibility of the group, (which contains about 17 objects.)

So, essentially,

"if widget says ' left' then

leftgroup alpha = 100 else

leftgroup alpha = 0

end if"

But I don't know how to call that group in the first place.

Thanks!

Hi,

you're basically looking for something like this:

dim obj as xpBaseObject

Self.getObjectByName("leftgroup",obj)

if widget = "left" then

obj.alpha = 100

else

obj.alpha = 0

end if

Another option would be to use obj.visible = true or false. This will toggle the visibility on or off.

Good luck,

Kenneth

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Thanks Kenneth!

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Hi Chris,

Just to further explain why I was setting alpha=100 or =0 in the script in your project instead of using the .Visible property that Kenneth mentions; is because the Alpha can also be keyframed. So you can have an animation controller that restores the alpha to 100% when you run the animation.

If you use the .Visibile property (this is the same as turning the "EYE" on or off in the UI), then there is no way to restore it back to visible unless you use another script to do it.

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