# IsAssetLoadedByName

### Introduction

The IsAssetLoadedByName method returns whether a file of a given type is already loaded and stored in RAM by the given [ContentManager](https://github.com/flatredball/FlatRedBallDocs/blob/main/documentation/api/flatredball/content/contentmanager.md).

### Code Example

The following code can be used to check if a file Background.png is loaded as a [Texture2D](https://github.com/flatredball/FlatRedBallDocs/blob/main/documentation/api/microsoft-xna-framework/graphics/texture2d.md) in the current screen's content manager:

```lang:c#
var contentManagerName = this.ContentManagerName;
var contentManager = FlatRedBallServices.GetContentManagerByName(contentManagerName);
bool isAlreadyLoaded = contentManager.IsAssetLoadedByName<Texture2D>("content/background.png");
```

### Name Details

IsAssetLoadedByDetail processes the assetName parameter before checking if it has been loaded. Specifically, the following modifications are made:

1. If the argument is relative (such as content/background.png ), then it is converted to an absolute path (such as c:/MyGame/bin/debug/content/background.png ).
2. The file is standardized using the [FileManager.Standardize](https://docs.flatredball.com/flatredball/api/flatredball/io/filemanager/standardize) method.
3. The content type is appended to the file name. This allows the same file to be loaded into multiple types.

For example, loading "content\Background.png" may result in the string "c:/folder/content/background.pngTexture2D" being stored in the ContentManager.