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Smith, Donald

image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Hank Ratzesberger

Re: image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

--Hank

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Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldnt I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isnt this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Smith, Donald

RE: image pathing

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Well, I’m going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:

This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client. For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.

If you can point me to another piece of documentation, I’d appreciate it.

Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.

Don

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

--Hank

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Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Ryan Puddephatt

RE: image pathing

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You should have your path as /images/NightOwl.gif this will bring back the NightOwl.gif file from the images directory at the root of the application directory

Ryan Puddephatt

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From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 20 January 2006 19:40
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Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

--Hank

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Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Hank Ratzesberger

Re: image pathing

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Ryan,

Indeed the page-flow.xml <files> element allows you to specify file patterns that

will not be interpreted/processed by OPS, but it is HTTP that

interprets a url request as being relative to the 'Referer' document.

--Hank

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Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Well, Im going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:

This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client. For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.

If you can point me to another piece of documentation, Id appreciate it.

Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.

Don

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

<img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" />

--Hank

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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:13 AM

Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldnt I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isnt this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Ryan Puddephatt

RE: image pathing

Hank,

The OPS engine should evaluate anything with a root (/) as meaning the root of the application directory, failing this you could always call /application-name/images/NightOwl.gif this should work

Ryan Puddephatt

Web Developer

TFX Group

1 Michaelson Square

Livingston

West Lothian

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From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 20 January 2006 20:19
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Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Ryan,

Indeed the page-flow.xml <files> element allows you to specify file patterns that

will not be interpreted/processed by OPS, but it is HTTP that

interprets a url request as being relative to the 'Referer' document.

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:44 AM

Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Well, I’m going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:

This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client. For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.

If you can point me to another piece of documentation, I’d appreciate it.

Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.

Don

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

<img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" />

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

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Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:13 AM

Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Smith, Donald

RE: image pathing

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We tried every combination we could. This is the only one that works:

<xhtml:img src="/oxf-theme/images/NightOwl.gif" />

This file is located in “appRoot\WEB-INF\resources\oxf-theme\images”

Don

From: Ryan Puddephatt [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:22 PM
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Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Hank,

The OPS engine should evaluate anything with a root (/) as meaning the root of the application directory, failing this you could always call /application-name/images/NightOwl.gif this should work

Ryan Puddephatt

Web Developer

TFX Group

1 Michaelson Square

Livingston

West Lothian

Scotand

EH54 7DP

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From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 20 January 2006 20:19
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Ryan,

Indeed the page-flow.xml <files> element allows you to specify file patterns that

will not be interpreted/processed by OPS, but it is HTTP that

interprets a url request as being relative to the 'Referer' document.

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:44 AM

Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Well, I’m going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:

This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client. For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.

If you can point me to another piece of documentation, I’d appreciate it.

Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.

Don

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

<img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" />

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:13 AM

Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Ryan Puddephatt

RE: image pathing

Donald that’s how it should find it, if you want to use /images for /oxf-theme/images you should probably use a matcher, or just move it!

Ryan Puddephatt

Web Developer

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From: Smith, Donald [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 20 January 2006 20:59
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Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

We tried every combination we could. This is the only one that works:

<xhtml:img src="/oxf-theme/images/NightOwl.gif" />

This file is located in “appRoot\WEB-INF\resources\oxf-theme\images”

Don

From: Ryan Puddephatt [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:22 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Hank,

The OPS engine should evaluate anything with a root (/) as meaning the root of the application directory, failing this you could always call /application-name/images/NightOwl.gif this should work

Ryan Puddephatt

Web Developer

TFX Group

1 Michaelson Square

Livingston

West Lothian

Scotand

EH54 7DP

* [hidden email]

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7 01506 407 108

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 20 January 2006 20:19
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Ryan,

Indeed the page-flow.xml <files> element allows you to specify file patterns that

will not be interpreted/processed by OPS, but it is HTTP that

interprets a url request as being relative to the 'Referer' document.

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:44 AM

Subject: RE: [ops-users] image pathing

Well, I’m going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:

This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client. For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.

If you can point me to another piece of documentation, I’d appreciate it.

Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.

Don

From: Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [ops-users] image pathing

Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?

I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:

<img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" />

--Hank

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:13 AM

Subject: [ops-users] image pathing

If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:

<files path-info="*.gif"/>

Wouldn’t I expect

<xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />

In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?

Why isn’t this working?

Thanks,

Don

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Erik Bruchez

Re: image pathing

Administrator

In reply to this post by Smith, Donald

Don,

There are a few aspects to consider:

1. How the URL you are writing in your XHTML document is rewritten by
OPS, if at all. Typically, OPS will rewrite absolute paths to be
relative to the context path, i.e. if your contact path is "/ops", then
OPS will rewrite your "/path/to/my/image.gif" as
"/ops/path/to/my/image.gif". You can easily check the result by looking
at the HTML produced in your web browser. This is the first thing to
check. BTW, you should not use backslashes ("\") in URIs, always forward
slashes ("/"). To be certain, use your browser's "view image" menu
(usually accessible through a contextual menu on the (broken in this
case) image) and check what URL the browser is displaying

2. What the page flow matches on. If you have <files
path-info="*.gif"/>, then yes, that should match on the browser request
of the form "/ops/path/to/my/image.gif". In which case, the page flow
actually receives "/path/to/my/image.gif" because the context path, if
any, is first removed.

3. Given the above, the PFC will look for the resource named
"oxf:/path/to/my/image.gif". So if your image is under
"WEB-INF/resources/path/to/my/image.gif", it should display.

If it doesn't, that's a weird situation, because obviously OPS manages
to load images this way most of the time (all the time according to our
experience)!

-Erik

Smith, Donald wrote:

> We tried every combination we could. This is the only one that works:
>
>
>
> <xhtml:img src="/oxf-theme/images/NightOwl.gif" />
>
>
>
> This file is located in “appRoot\WEB-INF\resources\oxf-theme\images”
>
>
>
> Don
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Ryan Puddephatt [mailto:[hidden email]]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2006 2:22 PM
> *To:* [hidden email]
> *Subject:* RE: [ops-users] image pathing
>
>
>
> Hank,
>
> The OPS engine should evaluate anything with a root (/) as
> meaning the root of the application directory, failing this you could
> always call /application-name/images/NightOwl.gif this should work
>
>
>
> *Ryan Puddephatt*
>
> Web Developer
>
> TFX Group
>
> 1 Michaelson Square
>
> Livingston
>
> West Lothian
>
> Scotand
>
> EH54 7DP
>
>
>
> * [hidden email]
>
> ( 01506 407 110
>
> 7 01506 407 108
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
> *Sent:* 20 January 2006 20:19
> *To:* [hidden email]
> *Subject:* Re: [ops-users] image pathing
>
>
>
> Ryan,
>
>
>
> Indeed the page-flow.xml <files> element allows you to specify file
> patterns that
>
> will not be interpreted/processed by OPS, but it is HTTP that
>
> interprets a url request as being relative to the 'Referer' document.
>
>
>
> --Hank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Smith, Donald <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
> *To:* [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2006 11:44 AM
>
> *Subject:* RE: [ops-users] image pathing
>
>
>
> Well, I’m going by this passage in the reference-controller.html doc:
>
>
>
> This specifies the files that must be sent directly to the client.
> For example, if you set <files path-info="*.gif"/> and a request
> comes in for images/logo.gif then the file images/logo.gif stored in
> the resource repository will be sent in response to that request.
>
>
>
> If you can point me to another piece of documentation, I’d
> appreciate it.
>
>
>
> Neither <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" /> nor <img
> src="/images/NightOwl.gif" /> works.
>
>
>
> Don
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Hank Ratzesberger [mailto:[hidden email]]
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2006 1:40 PM
> *To:* [hidden email]
> *Subject:* Re: [ops-users] image pathing
>
>
>
> Or is it nevertheless relative to requesting url, isn't that the spec?
>
>
>
> I don't know because all my url's are absolute path:
>
>
>
> <img src="\images\NightOwl.gif" />
>
>
>
> --Hank
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Smith, Donald <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
> *To:* [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2006 11:13 AM
>
> *Subject:* [ops-users] image pathing
>
>
>
> If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:
>
>
>
> <files path-info="*.gif"/>
>
>
>
> Wouldn’t I expect
>
>
>
> <xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />
>
>
>
> In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif
> image from the images folder that is a child of my application
> root folder?
>
>
>
> Why isn’t this working?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Don
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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Colin O'Brien

Re: image pathing

In reply to this post by Smith, Donald

Hi

I think the confusion here is the term "application root folder". It
means under resources, or more accurately (on my Mac OS X system)
/opt/tomcat5/webapps/ops/WEB-INF/resources
So saying
<img src="/images/NightOwl.gif"/>
wants to retrieve
/opt/tomcat5/webapps/ops/WEB-INF/resources/images/NightOwl.gif

In some contexts you might think "application root folder" means
somewhere higher up the hierarchy, such as /opt/tomcat5/webapps/ops/,
but not here.

hope that helps
Colin

On Jan 20, 2006, at 2:13 PM, Smith, Donald wrote:

> If I set my images path in page-flow.xml as:
>
> <files path-info="*.gif"/>
>
> Wouldn’t I expect
>
> <xhtml:img src="images\NightOwl.gif" />
>
> In one of my pages to retrieve and display the NightOwl.gif image from
> the images folder that is a child of my application root folder?
>
> Why isn’t this working?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don