Re: Using file:// for an image source

I'm interested in this possibility too. Would it be possible just to 
cache the image, without actually uploading it yet?

In fact the script does what it should do: display client side info on 
the client side. I understand it can be hazardous to scan the files on a 
hard drive, but eventually the user only sumbits the file, or the path 
to just this file (which would amount to the same). FF shouldn't bother 
with stuff that happens on the client. Or am I missing something here?


Anthony Ettinger schreef:
> I didn't test it remotely. I just checked and it doesn't work in FF or Opera.
>
> Having said that I'm not surprised IE loads it, as it's probably
> disabled in FF and Opera for security reasons.
>
> What's the purpose of this anyway, only the visitor would see their
> image, if they're uploading it you're better off caching it on the web
> server and referring to it with a relative path:
>
> src="/cache/<sid>-image-name.jpeg"
>
>
>
> On 6/5/06, Ian Petersen <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> 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">
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Steffan
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