Copying referenced images issue...

[PaulMaguire]

Hi.

More simple lamer stuff I don't quite understand in Livecode!
This only fails when my image assets are referenced rather than embedded.
I don't want to embed all the assets (they are changing throughout development and I am replacing them). This is ultimately for a mobile app (I have the assets folder in the 'CopyFiles' file path).
Here's how I am getting the image:

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   put image tImageName of cd "Assets01" of stack "AssetsStack" into image "prepImage" of this card

(tImageName is a string eg. "thisImage.jpg"). I am actually taking this prepImage and putting it into a scrollable field - it appears (ie. it has dimensions) but is blank. Am I missing something here (um, clearly)? Any pointers appreciated.

Kind regards, Paul.

[Klaus]

Hi Paul,

you need to "copy" the FILENAME, since "img whatever" is "empty" in this case!

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set the filename of img "prepImage" of this card to the filename of image tImageName of cd "Assets01" of stack "AssetsStack"
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Or if you are not sure if the image is referenced or imported:

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if the filename of image tImageName of cd "Assets01" of stack "AssetsStack" = EMPTY then
   ## imported -> copy the image itself
   put image tImageName of cd "Assets01" of stack "AssetsStack" into image "prepImage" of this card
else
  ## only "copy" the filename
  set the filename of img "prepImage" of this card to the filename of image tImageName of cd "Assets01" of stack "AssetsStack"
end if
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Best

Klaus

[PaulMaguire]

THANK YOU KLAUS!