Klaus! Brilliant! and "too easy" to boot
on mouseup put "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg"<https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg> into tURL set the itemdel to "/"; put item -2 of tURL into tImageName clone img "ytBtnIconTemplate" as tImageName put the long id of img tImageName into pImage set the filename of pImage to "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg"<https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg> set the icon of button "ytTubeThumb" to (the id of pImage) end mouseup # Now, we now we have the reference image (hidden on a card) # so we don't have go to web to get them if they scroll "around" to the card again on mouseup put "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg"<https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg> into tURL set the itemdel to "/"; put item -2 of tURL into tImageName clone img "ytBtnIconTemplate" as tImageName put the long id of img tImageName into pImage if exists(pImage) = false then set the filename of pImage to "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg"<https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KO3l3-4pFyo/default.jpg> end if set the icon of button "ytTubeThumb" to (the id of pImage) end mouseup C'est merveilleux! @ steve, i have used the copy,crop & exportscreen shot method on a puzzle where we need to take the words in a field and copy to "tiles" but there is a hit of the CPU that we can afford in mobile. BR On 8/14/18 5:05 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: can't you use a button, set its icon to your image(s) and then just "crop" the button? Know what I mean? ... set the width of btn "el croppo" to the width of img pImage ## Or use formattedwidth... set the height of btn "el croppo" to round(the width of img pImage/16*9) ... _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode