Preloading images from files

Stephen Barncard stephenREVOLUTION at barncard.com
Tue Jun 14 16:02:26 EDT 2005


perhaps you could import them into a stack dynamically. Stacks run in 
RAM, so...
an invisible clone stack could be created temporarily and then 
discarded after the session..

At 12:55 PM -0700 6/14/05, Mark Swindell wrote:
>Is it possible "preload" a set of images from file references so 
>that they are available to show instantly in a predefined image 
>(imageHolder).  Setting bufferHiddenImages to true works for images 
>that are contained  in the stack, but these are files that I want to 
>reference by setting the filename of a single hidden image file, and 
>then showing it.  The problem is there can't be a lag between the 
>user click and the image showing.
>
>Thanks,
>Mark


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