Which uses more memory - Import as Control vs Referenced Control?

Frank D. Engel, Jr. fde101 at fjrhome.net
Wed Apr 6 10:09:10 EDT 2005


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I believe it does use more memory; have you considered importing the 
photo once then setting the icon property of a transparent button set 
not to autohilite and to not show its name to the ID of that photo?

On Apr 6, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:

> I am trying to decide whether or not to   use "Import as Control" or
> "Referenced Control" for importing jpegs into a Revolution program.   
> On the one hand,
> I'd like to avoid putting out a standalone program with a separate 
> folder
> containing all of the pictures (Referenced Control), but I'd also like 
> to
> conserve disc space for the standalone application. I understand that 
> "Referenced
> Control" simply uses the same photo repeatedly without taking up extra 
> memory for
> each time the photo is used.   Does "Import as Control" take up 
> additional
> memory each time the same photo is duplicated in the program?   Thanks.
> Stephen Goldberg
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

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