Thanks, Bj�rnke! This comprehensive information is very helpful... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bj�rnke von Gierke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Storing images > This thread confuses me, so I made some experiments, to clarify all > this for me, I will list the results of them here (if this is useful > for any of you then that is your own fault!): > > setting the icon: > set the icon of button "foo" to image "bar" > > this will reference the exact same picture (same size) from the image > to the button. > You cannot set the icon of an image (they do not have any). > > setting imagedate: > set the imagedata image "foo" to the imagedata of image "bar" > > you should not do this, when the two images have a diffrent size. That > will result in garbage. If they are the same size then this will copy > the image. the image"foo" will contain the image directly, no matter if > image "bar" was referenced, original or only shows a file from the hard > disk. > Buttons do not have imagedata, so you cant do that with them. > > put into: > put image "foo" into image "bar" > > This will empty (grey) the image "bar", when the original image is a > referenced image (contains something in the "filepath"). > If the Image "foo" is an imported image, or a reference to another > image within the stack, then this will copy the image. Thus, when you > delete the image "foo" then image "bar" will remain unchanged. If the > lockLoc of "bar" is true, then the image will scale to the size of > "bar", otherwise it will resize to the size of the original image. > > set filename: > set the filename of image "foo" to the filename of image "bar" > set the filename of image "foo" to "binfile:foo/bar/foobar" > set the filename of image "foo" to "http://foo/bar/foobar"; > set the filename of image "foo" to "foo/bar/foobar" > > this will copy/generate the reference to a file on the hard disk to > image "foo". If the file on the hard disk gets removed, then the image > will show nothing (grey) when loaded next time (eg "go card"). If image > "bar" is set to a certain size and the lockLoc property is true, then > the image will scale to that size, otherwise it will resize to the size > of the original file on the hard disk. > > import: > import paint from file "foo/bar/foobar" > > This will generate a new Image-Object, containing the image directly, > instead of a reference to a file on the hard disk. > > > > > I found no way to reference a image-object to another imageobject, > similar to what you can do with the icon of buttons. This is probably > also the problem over which Jim Hurley stumbled, as you cannot resize > the referenced icon of a button, whereas you can resize a Image whit a > filepath. > Please answer with other ways of referencing/copying images so I can > make a list and pin it next to my Screen. > > thank you > Bjoernke > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
