Andrew, You could preload the images into child clips of a holder movieclip (_visible=false) then draw into your view using the BitmapData class.
Regards, -Keith http://keithreinfeld.home.comcast.net > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sinning > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:54 PM > To: Flash Coders > Subject: [Flashcoders] AS2 preloading images > > In my implementation of mvc, data objects (in the model) have external > images associated with them The presentation is non-linear, and data > objects can be displayed in any of several different views, depending on > the context. > > Currently, I'm using the Loader component to load images into a specific > view. This works okay for on-the-fly loading, but there's a delay. I'd > like to be able to preload the images into data objects in the model, > and then instantiate, borrow or otherwise duplicate the already loaded > image into a specific view. > > There doesn't appear to be a way to do this in AS2. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

