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About network operations

Director allows a network operation to begin even though a previous network operation isn't complete. This capability, often referred to as background loading, allows Director to perform multiple operations while loading files. Because something else is happening while files are loading, the user doesn't perceive the wait.

Note: Loading data from a network is different from loading cast members in Director. Loading from a network loads data to the local disk. Loading cast members in Director means loading cast members into memory.

It's a good idea to author a Shockwave movie so that it performs other tasks while data is loading in the background. Because Internet operations require background loading, Lingo for the Internet behaves differently than Lingo commands that run within one movie.

Note: Executing any network Lingo operations concurrently with a Shockwave Audio (SWA) stream can cause interruptions in the playback of the SWA stream.