Reuse an image

[Paul Hibbert]

Hi Peter,

You would need to build a repeat loop to work through your images with something like…

      set the imageData of img "extRefImage" to the imageData of img "intImage"

Beware that if your images are scaled that will affect the imageData.

If the referenced images are identical to the internal images, you didn't need to re-import them as controls, just…

      set the imageData of img "A" to the imageData of img "A"

this will convert a referenced image to an an internal image, but if they are scaled images, try…

   lock screen
   ## Record the size and position of the image
   put the width of img "imageX" into tWidth
   put the height of img "imageX" into tHeight
   put the loc of img "imageX" into tLoc
   
   ## Convert Ref image to Internal image
   set the width of img "imageX" to the formattedWidth of img "imageX"
   set the height of img "imageX" to the formattedHeight of img "imageX"
   set the imageData of img "imageX" to the imageData of img "imageX"
   
   ## Re-set the size and position of the image
   set the width of img "imageX" to tWidth
   set the height of img "imageX" to tHeight
   set the loc of img "imageX" to tLoc
   
   unlock screen

Paul


On 2012-11-15, at 12:27 PM, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Simple task: I want to reuse an image that was imported as a control into a substack.
> 
> I know I can copy and paste, but I want to now replace many externally referenced images with their internal equivalents that I just imported. In other words, substitute the external with internal while keeping the old locs, scripts, etc., in place.
> 
> Can this be done?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peter Bogdanoff
> 
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