Greg Hains Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hi. I am looking for a method/trick to get around a small problem I am having. I have a splash sceen that uses an image of 800 x 600 as the background. The database is used over a WAN connection so, depending on the link speed, can take up to 3 seconds to load. I know that some of you are going to come back with the comment that I shouldnt be attempting this but I am looking for information WHY it does what it does so I can work on a solution that best fits. My problem doesnt seem to be too much different from http://fmforums.com/forum/topic/77847-freeze-window/page__p__364750__hl__image+load+order+layout__fromsearch__1#entry364750 but the topic went dead. I am trying to achieve the 'most' seamless effect of loading a background image that is used in various screens. As we all know, once the image is loaded into cache, each subsequent screen loads quickly - its just the first one. I was thinking of doing something like having a blank background version of a screen appear then have the next screen with the background image load next - but FM tends to move to the new screen THEN load the image. Can anybody enlighten me with a technique that may smooth this process out please? Cheers in advance. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Perhaps you could load the image into a very small container on the first layout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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