Re: Using file:// for an image source

This seems to work for me in IE, FF, Opera:

<img src="file://C:\Documents and Settings\aettinger\My Documents\My
Pictures\farley_2006\farley-pup.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225"
border="0">




On 6/4/06, Steffan A. Cline <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to do something seemingly difficult. I am trying to take the
> value from a file input and set the source of an image to the value of the
> file input. It seems to only work on Safari. In FF I can do it and then when
> viewing the rendered chart I see the image is there with the correct path
> and all. For example file:///Users/me/desktop/1234.jpg Is this a security
> thing? I can have multiple images from multiple domains on a page but not
> one from the users hd. Confusing? Here is a sample of the code:
>
> <img src="" id="preview">
>
> <input type="file" name="test"
> onchange="document.getElementById('preview').src = ('file://'+this.value);">
>
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> Again, this works in Safari perfectly. In FF I can view the source chart and
> it has the correct path. Just not displaying. I even tried using the DOM to
> create a new image and plant it on the page. The image is there but not
> displayed. Is there a work around for this?
>
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> Thanks
>
> Steffan
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