The problem is it took a long time to load the dictionary from a resource file. The initial stuff I looked at on plists suggested that they still had to be read. Is this true? Can I use a plist for random access?

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I could try that. It seems… sloppy though. Like it's not good design. The views would all be active all the time, just hidden. But it's an option if I can't figure out a better way.