Hi Ben, thanks. That works perfectly. No complicated commands or anything. On 21 May 2014, at 15:01, Benjamin Beaumont <b...@runrev.com> wrote:
> Hi Phil, > > This was discussed by the team at the time. There is no special handling > for the changing of images currently referenced by the cache. I spoke to > one of the engineers and he suggested unsetting the reference to the image > as the cache will release images that no longer have a reference. Reseting > the filename will cause the image the be recached in it's new form. > > Warm regards, > > Ben > > > On 21 May 2014 12:52, Phil Jimmieson <p...@liverpool.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> as far as I understand it, with the new image caching features of LiveCode >> 6 and later, images are loaded into a cache based on their full filename >> and then every reference to that image in LiveCode uses the cached copy. >> I've got an image on disk that is used in my program, and the image on disk >> is subject to change. It seems though, that once I've loaded the image once >> (via a referenced image on a card), no attempt is made by LiveCode to fetch >> the image from disk again and I can't figure out a way to force it to get >> the new version of the image. Is there a way to flush an image from the >> cache so that the next time the image is fetched it is loaded from disk and >> not from the image cache, or is the only solution to change the filename >> each time? The LiveCode program in questions is supposed to run on Mac and >> Windows (though at some point, this may bite me on iOS too). >> >> Thanks >> -- >> Phil Jimmieson p...@liverpool.ac.uk (UK) 0151 795 4236 >> Computer Science Dept., Liverpool University, Ashton Building, Ashton >> Street >> Liverpool L69 3BX http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~phil/ >> I used to sit on a special medical board... ...but now I use this ointment. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > _____________________________________________ > > Benjamin Beaumont . RunRev Ltd > > LiveCode Product Manager > mail : 25a Thistle Street Lane South West, Edinburgh, EH2 1EW > email : b...@runrev.com > company : +44(0) 845 219 89 23 > fax : +44(0) 845 458 8487 > web : www.runrev.com > > LiveCode - Programming made simple > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Phil Jimmieson p...@liverpool.ac.uk (UK) 0151 795 4236 Computer Science Dept., Liverpool University, Ashton Building, Ashton Street Liverpool L69 3BX http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~phil/ I used to sit on a special medical board... ...but now I use this ointment. _______________________________________________ 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
