Passing an ImageSet as a Dictionary entry?

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Hi Folks,

I use a dictionary to pass values to a timer-based UI update. Prior to HiDPI, I would pass a standard picture image as a string (MBS function) and then convert it back in the timer (there’s no .PictureValue in a dictionary). However, since we’re no longer dealing with single resolution pictures, how do we pass a .xojo_imageset in such a manner? Should there be a dictionary type of .ImageSetValue?

Thoughts?

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Can’t you just use a reference to those ImageSets and store this reference in the Dictionary instead? And when you pull the Value from the Dictionary you access the referenced ImageSet instead?

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An “image set” is still a “Picture” it just has many pictures inside it.

Please see imagecount and indexedimage here:

http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Picture

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Aha! I don’t need to worry about the "variant"ness of the dictionary entry and just use the picture passed directly.

Totally non-obvious :slight_smile:

[quote=370357:@Jason Parsley]An “image set” is still a “Picture” it just has many pictures inside it.

Please see imagecount and indexedimage here:

http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Picture[/quote]
It was my thinking that the variant passed had to be on of the .XXXValue options on the receiving end. Just passing and handling the Picture as a picture solved it.

I was overthinking things - again :S