Magic sheet view macro

I think it's written up, that last won't work. The only thing I can think of, is to have one MS object for each view with target Magic Sheet and ID e.g. 1/5

DING!!!  Thanks for getting my gears turning.  That was totally the answer.  I just made a set of view buttons that I copied to each view. Now I have a view control panel in each view. 

 

New question, is there anyway to lock a target when copying an object?  By default a new copied object advances the target's number by 1.  There for if I want 8 versions of the same thing I have to go and "readdress" them back to their original target.  Make sense?

If you group targets together you can copy them without changing their numbers.

 

Thank you Patrick!  That totally did the trick.  I almost wish I could create an overlay that stayed present no matter what view I was in.  But this will work for now!

Y'all rock!

 

 

bill.rios.tpac said:

 I almost wish I could create an overlay that stayed present no matter what view I was in

Couple thoughts - 1) There is a plan in place to expand the Magicsheet target to include Tab # information, so you could put all your navigation and other overlay stuff in a separate frame and reliably changes the views of 2 or 3 related magic sheets that reside in different tabs.

If you want it all in 1 sheet - here's what I do

Take all you buttons that make up the "overlay" portion.  Group them together.  Use CTRL+C CTRL+V to copy them.   These will autospace vertically.  If you need them to space further apart you can add a blank object or 2 to the group to get the spacing right.

Now you have little templates you can drop your other content into.  If at any time you need to alter what's in the "overlay" portion you can delete all of them except the top one.  Change the top one - regroup it and copy paste away.  As long as you dont change the overall dimensions of the group it'll all drop perfectly into place.