Re: Using file:// for an image source

I tested an IMG tag in Firefox that had a file:// source.  It worked
when I loaded the HTML file from a file:// URL but not from an http://
URL.  How did you get it to work, Anthony?

Ian

On 6/5/06, Anthony Ettinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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">
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> 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);">
> >
> >
> > 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
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