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Media-rich Web sites respond much faster when images have been cached with the Preload Images action.
You don’t need to use the Preload Images action if you’re creating rollovers. Both the
Rollover object and the Swap Image action enable you to preload images from their
dialog boxes.
To use the Preload Images action, follow these steps:
1. Select the object to trigger the action.
2. From the Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button and select Preload Images.
3. In the Preload Images parameter dialog box, enter the path to the image file in the Image
Source File text box, or click the Browse button to locate the file.
4. To add another file, click the Add (+) button and repeat step 3.
After you’ve specified your first file to be preloaded, be sure to click the Add (+) but-
ton for each successive file you want to add to the list. Otherwise, the highlighted file is
replaced by the next entry.
5. To remove a file from the Preload Images list, select it and click the Remove (–) button.
6. Click OK when you’re finished.
Set Nav Bar Image
The Set Nav Bar Image action enables you to edit an existing Dreamweaver object, the Navigation
Bar object. This object, inserted from the Common panel of the Insert panel, consists of a series of
designer-specified images acting as a group of navigational buttons. The Set Nav Bar Image action
enables you to modify t ...