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Subject:Re: I thought I was finished
Date:Thu, 1 Dec 2016 19:20:34 -0700
From:JI <products@consoftolnline.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-web
Jim.
	it's http://jct.consoftonline.com

and the base path is C:\cso-jct\theServer\

jobcosttools.png is in that folder

Joe





On 12/1/16 3:57 PM, Jim Moseley wrote:
> JI,
>
> When you use '.\mylogo.png' or whatever, it will look in the browser's
> local directory (somewhere under 'Temporary Internet Files' probably).
>
> You have to specify a 'universal' URL - one you could copy/paste into a
> web browser's URL and have it display your image.
>
> If you want any static files served to your users, they should be in the
> Base Path folder or one of its sub-folders.  You can find the Base Path
> in the CWS OCX:
> - Switch your app's webserver form to Design mode
> - Right-click the ocxServer control
> - Select 'Properties...Corel Web Server Control'.
> - Then, click on the PAGES tab.
> - The top field should be Base Path.
>
> For example, if your Base Path is C:\mydatafiles\pages, you can have an
> 'Images' subfolder and refer to:
>
> http://mywebapp.com/images/jobwhatever.png
>
> which will find the file
>
> c:\mydatafiles\pages\images\jobwhatever.png
>
> Also, what is the URL that you use to get to your app's original homepage?
>
> HTH,
> Jim Moseley
>
> On 12/1/2016 5:40 PM, JI wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> The landing page, index.HTML, is in a folder named C:\AAA-job cost
>> tools. Index.htm contains a Login button which, when pressed,  goes
>> through a Paradox verification script and generates a Paradox-built main
>> menu. That is not an html file that resides on disk. It's created on the
>> fly.
>>
>> The jobcosttools.png image is the one I want on the main menu. That .png
>> image is everywhere on the server.
>>
>> In the root (C:\),
>> In the C:\AAA-job cost tools folder)
>> In the working directory (:WORK:)
>>
>> The snippet I posted was a test using the sample-created code to try to
>> locate the PNG file.
>>
>> I even created an Images submenu for the file with jobcosttools.png in
>> it.
>>
>> I tried it with this statement as you suggested.
>>
>> <IMG Alt="JCT"
>> src="http://jct.consoftonline.com/images/jobcosttools.png">
>>
>> It just displays the JCT
>>
>>
>> This issue is no different than the one I posted 3 years ago and had no
>> success with implementing images in spite of everyone's best advice.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/1/16 2:20 PM, Jim Moseley wrote:
>>> JI,
>>>
>>> Think of this from your user's perspective.  They don't have a
>>> jobcosttools.png file on their computer.  You need to fully qualify the
>>> name, pointing it to some location that is available over the web.
>>>
>>> Note that this could be your own webserver.  For example, if your home
>>> webpage is http://mysite.com/index.htm
>>>
>>> You could store your png file in a subfolder called 'images' off your
>>> :WORK: folder.  You would then have this as your <img src:
>>>
>>> src="http://mysite.com/images/jobcosttools.png"
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Jim Moseley
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/1/16 2:20 PM, Jim Moseley wrote:
>>> JI,
>>>
>>> Think of this from your user's perspective.  They don't have a
>>> jobcosttools.png file on their computer.  You need to fully qualify the
>>> name, pointing it to some location that is available over the web.
>>>
>>> Note that this could be your own webserver.  For example, if your home
>>> webpage is http://mysite.com/index.htm
>>>
>>> You could store your png file in a subfolder called 'images' off your
>>> :WORK: folder.  You would then have this as your <img src:
>>>
>>> src="http://mysite.com/images/jobcosttools.png"
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Jim Moseley
>>>
>>> On 12/1/2016 3:21 PM, JI wrote:
>>>> In a Paradox table, I have this code which generates a Corel Web Server
>>>> webpage.
>>>>
>>>> <!DOCTYPE html >
>>>>
>>>> <HEAD>
>>>>     <meta content='text/html; charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
>>>>
>>>>  </HEAD>
>>>>
>>>> <body>
>>>>
>>>> 
form tag removed
 <!--- form action=AddGlAccount method=post>
>>>>
>>>> <img alt="JCT" src="../jobcosttools.png" height='300'  width='240'>
>>>>
>>>> </form>
 <!--- --->
>>>> </body>
>>>> </html>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whatever I assign as the source of the image doesn't work.
>>>> The working directory is assigned as C:\CSO-JCT\theserver. That is also
>>>> the base path in the Web Server's properties section.
>>>>
>>>> The image 'jobcosttools.png' is in the working directory.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried...
>>>>
>>>>     src="/jobcosttools.png"
>>>>
>>>>     src="..jobcosttools.png"
>>>>
>>>>     src="\jobcosttools.png"
>>>>
>>>>     src="../jobcosttools.png"
>>>>
>>>>     src="..\jobcosttools.png"
>>>>
>>>> No luck.  I only display "JCT", the alt name, and no image.
>>>>
>>>> Help if you can.
>


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