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Loading resources from nonstandard sources
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If you have want to load a resource from a different spot then a hard drive or
inside a multifile, say for instance database or network packet you can using
a StringStream.

Here is an example that reads and image into data and then uses StringStream
to feed that data into the image.



.. code-block:: python
    
    data = open('my-image-file.png').read()
    # send data over network or any other place and pass it on
    p = PNMImage()
    p.read(StringStream(data))
    tex = Texture()
    tex.load(p) 



But, you can go one step further. Instead of just loading textures, models,
sounds or other data one at a time this way, you can load an entire multifile,
which as we learned in the previous section can contain any number of models,
textures, sounds and other data.



.. code-block:: python
    
    data = open('my-multifile.mf').read()
    stream = StringStream(data)
    mf = Multifile()
    mf.openRead(stream)
    vfs = VirtualFileSystem.getGlobalPtr()
    vfs.mount(mf, '/mf', 0)
    smiley = loader.loadModel('/mf/smiley.egg')