Getting an image from a URL

[Game_Master]

How would I download an image from a URL, and then display it via the Active Picture object? I've tried getting the image's data from a URL via the Get Object, then saving it via an edit box (I've also tried saving via the , then loading the image via an active picture object, but it doesn't work. The file saves, but if I try to open it in any image editing program, it gives me errors. I've also tried loading just loading the URL in the active picture, but that does not work, either. Is there currently a way to do this? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks!

[StingRay]

please take care of the "http://" in the url of the file. and load it with a "START OF FRAME" action. for me it works fine!

[Game_Master]

Do you mean load it using the active picture object, or via the get object?

[StingRay]

With the active picture! (Get image from url)

[Game_Master]

I tried that, but it doesn't work for some reason. I'm using the latest builds of MMF2 Dev and the iOS exporter. Here's the event I'm trying to use:
+ Start of frame
- [Active Picture] New Image: "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Google.png"

The picture new loads for some reason, and I've tried other images. There aren't any other actions that I can see that would load an image from a URL, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[AyreGuitar]

Game_Master - The image you're trying to load might be too big for memory (Google.png is 1192x432 pixels and will need to be stored in memory as 2048x512 as well as the mask data - that's a lot of memory for a small device!) Try it on a smaller image, eg http://electricaldeals.files.wordpre...ogle_logo1.jpg

[Game_Master]

Originally, I did try that - I used random small image from some website I came across while browsing

[payopepe]

I do not get. I followed the steps, I tested with several images of various sizes and is cleared, no image loaded.

If someone has done it, please put the sample code.

Thank you!

[xhedgehogx]

I have trouble getting the picture to load too, but I've spent less than a minute with it. And figured I'd work with it later on.

But, I had a related question with this. Is it possible to detect whether or not the user has an internet connection? Say, Start of Frame, there is an internet connection, load image from (URL). Or with no internet connection, just don't do anything, or load a local image?

[Anders]

Please note that the Active Picture Object can't load the image from an URL on Windows. It only works on iOS so far.