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edit, this code crashes (looks correct graphically, but eventually crashes):

frame:SetBackdrop( { insets = { left = 4, right = 4, top = 4, bottom = 4, },
			edgeSize = 16, edgeFile = [[Interface\Addons\Aloft\Textures\krsnik]],
			bgFile = [[Interface\AddOns\Forte_Core\Textures\Minimalist]], } )

in this case, it was the only "border" i was applying anywhere on the nameplate, specifically to the health bar. i will experiment without the "edgeSize" table member.

Originally Posted by Shadowed Correct, and also try hardcoding the paths in rather than going through SML.

i will do that as well, though i fetch from SharedMedia on each initialization (i am not caching any of the resulting paths). this means the path would have to be corrupt in SharedMedia... or corrupted between the point i fetch it and the point i use it. i guess stranger things have happened, though.