Image caching not releasing images in 7.0.7 (rc2)

[Richard Maring]

Staring at code so long 1's look like 7's.......

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> On Jan 18, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 18/01/15 21:38, Richard Maring wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> The following is built on Windows 8.
>> 
>> I have a referenced image in an image holder that the user can click a
>> 'Delete' button that deletes the image from the hard drive.  The user can
>> then click a button to select a different image from their hard drive to
>> display in the same image holder.
>> 
>> The app takes the new image and scales it down and renames it to the same
>> name as the previous image.
>> 
>> When the new image is brought in the old image is the one displayed, even
>> though the image source points to the newly created image.
>> 
>> Obviously the new image cache is not releasing the old image and is
>> displaying the prior cached image.  I have searched for any answers and the
>> only thing I could find was from may of 2014.  The answer back then was to
>> set the source of the image to something bogus and then set it to the newly
>> created image.
>> 
>> This does not work in LC 7.0.1   I have tried everything I can think of,
>> including deleting the image holder and creating a new on on the fly.  As
>> long as the new file-name matches the old cached one, the cache won't
>> release the old one.  You literally have to exit the app and come back in
>> for this to change.
>> 
>> It would seem there would have to be a way to clear the image cache or to
>> tell LC NOT to cash the image in the first place.
>> 
>> Any thoughts or ideas would be immensely appreciated.
>> 
>> Rich
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> 7.0.7 (rc2)
> 
> Wow: you are so far ahead it's beautiful!
> 
> Richmond.
> 
> 
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