Stack loading slowly

[Shari]

I've verified that the stacks with the images and sounds are loaded 
before the "go stack" command is sent.  There is no major delay for 
those stacks to load.   So it cannot be a sound/image thing.

Then the very small stack (the splash screen) loads, gives its 
message, then issues the "go stack" command to the primary stack (not 
a mainstack, a substack).

The primary stack has a lot of objects, mostly buttons, which do not 
individually have an alwaysBuffer property.  Setting the alwaysBuffer 
of the stack itself to TRUE and FALSE made no difference in the time 
it took for the preOpenStack handler to be triggered after the "go 
stack" command was issued.

Locking messages did not appear to make a difference, though that 
command could not be used in the final product as it needs the 
preOpenStack and other pre- and open- commands to occur.

Locking screen did not appear to make a difference, either.

In other words, I've ruled several things out, but still have no 
solution to make this thing load faster.

Shari
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