Re: Subject: Images in memory
On 6/13/2000 11:05 PM Jacqueline Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a stack that repeatedly sets the filename property of various images. Is there a way to keep these in memory even after the image content changes so that, once loaded in, they are immediately available? Sort of a pre-buffer-and-store thing? I know I could store the images in the stack and set a button icon to use them instead, but there are almost a megabyte of images and the stack would get fairly bloated. Jacque, I'd suggest storing the filenames into a custom property. This would be instantly accessible. Something like "set the filename of image "myImage" to line k of the storedfilenames of image "myImage" Is this what you are looking for? Raymond -- Jacqueline Landman Gay| [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Custom hypermedia solutions | http://www.hyperactivesw.com 612.724.1596 | 612.724.1562 - fax Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Subject: Images in memory
Not exactly. Getting the filename isn't a problem; I'm trying to avoid the hit that happens when you load an image from disk. I spent the evening putting the images into the stack and changing everything to use buttons with icons. It seems snappier. But if there is a way to "preload" images and have them stay in RAM, I'd like to know for future reference. "You know, there's an easier way to do that..." Create an empty image (x). put url "binfile:path to file" into temp (on openStack or something) put temp into image x -- Jacqueline Landman Gay Regards, Andu Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Subject: Images in memory
Recently, Jacqueline Landman Gay at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if there is a way to "preload" images and have them stay in RAM, I'd like to know for future reference. You can load them offscreen. One technique you might use is to reference images locally within your stack via a button object. Set the filename/s of your offscreen image/s. Then use a button as your onscreen "image" and set its ID to that of the offscreen image/s. Regards, Scott __ Scott RossiTactile Media - Multimedia Design Creative Director Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.tactilemedia.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: Subject: Images in memory
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote: "Raymond E. Griffith" wrote: On 6/13/2000 11:05 PM Jacqueline Landman Gay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a stack that repeatedly sets the filename property of various images. Is there a way to keep these in memory even after the image content changes so that, once loaded in, they are immediately available? Sort of a pre-buffer-and-store thing? Jacque, I'd suggest storing the filenames into a custom property. This would be instantly accessible. Something like "set the filename of image "myImage" to line k of the storedfilenames of image "myImage" Is this what you are looking for? Not exactly. Getting the filename isn't a problem; I'm trying to avoid the hit that happens when you load an image from disk. I spent the evening putting the images into the stack and changing everything to use buttons with icons. It seems snappier. But if there is a way to "preload" images and have them stay in RAM, I'd like to know for future reference. If the images are stored in a stack, you can cause the stack to load without opening it by "touching" it (referring to it) from a script somewhere. As long as memory isn't needed for something else, it'll be there. For example, the script of stack "start" could contain this: on openStack get the nothing of stack "images" end openStack This assumes that stack "images" does NOT have a custom property named "nothing". Phil -- Jacqueline Landman Gay| [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Custom hypermedia solutions | http://www.hyperactivesw.com 612.724.1596 | 612.724.1562 - fax Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list. -- Phil Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] (503) 557-5656 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
