Showing Images using http://...?

[Bryn Kaufman]

I need to show images inside of IWP that are located outside of IWP on another server.

In plain HTML I can show them using http://... but I am not sure how to get them to show up inside IWP?

Any suggestions? Is there a Plug-in I could use?

[Genx]

... just subscribing to this topic as it intrigues me.. ???

[Reed]

You can show external images in a calculated container field using the following syntax:

imagemac:/pathtofile/image.jpg

imagewin:/pathtofile/image.jpg

But these are filesystem paths, not URLs, so they wouldn't work on systems (like IWP) where the client does not have the path available.

You can use this plugin:

http://www.troi.com/software/urlplugin.html

to bring images into container fields from external URLs.

Dana

[Genx]

hmmm... fairly cheap... cool, thanks

genx

[TedM]

Hi,

If I read your post correctly you want to open an image from a page served by IWP, but the image sare not held within the FM database. If this is not right please ignore everything below!!

I've been serving over 3 million images in this way for the past 4 years. Simple to do.

1) install a separate web server program (I use Savant) running on a different port (I use port 90)

2) In FM you need a field with the path to the image files on your network (i.e. g:images).

3) Create a new calculation field using 'substitute' to change the path to something the web server can understand (i.e. http:[your public ip address]images).

4) In your IWP page add a button that opens a URL which is the contents of your file path calculation.

Works great and completely free.

[Ricardo]

'1.install a separate web server program (I use Savant) running on a different port (I use port 90)' - Why is this needed?

Will this work with PDF files as well?

Thanks.

Edited March 22, 2006 by Guest