| tralfaz 2005-09-02, 7:20 pm |
| "kwazie_boy" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:df98k1$9jh$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>I was wondering if it was possible to link a picture in flash...so
>have the
> image in the swf file pointing to somewhere else on the web like my
> webserver...that way the movie would load quicker.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Thanks for the advise, Will
Whether you load a picture from inside the swf file or from the
webserver it will take the same amount of time to load. The only
difference is that if you have a bunch of pictures and only need some
of them now you can avoid having to load all the pictures at once if
you load pictures externally. Just load the ones you need as a person
navigates through sections of the site. To load images from an
external source, use loadMovie or loadMovieNum actionscript. Loading
pictures this way means you should also use preloaders to show the
loading progress so that visitors to your site won't think the page is
stuck.
tralfaz
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