put URL "binfile:" behavior different between message box and handler?

[Dave Cragg]

On 17 Sep 2004, at 20:01, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote:

> Okay, it seems I'm at it again.
>
> I have a handler in an image, which contains the following block of 
> code:
>
>   answer file "Select an image to insert:" as sheet
>   put it into l
>   if l is not empty and there is a file l then
>     answer l
>     set the lockLocation of me to true
>     put URL "binfile:" & l into me #####HERE
>     set the lockLocation of me to false
>   end if
>
> I select a PNG or JPEG image file when prompted, the "answer l" 
> command (obviously for debugging purposes) displays the correct 
> filename, and an all-white image is inserted where a nice, fancy, 
> colorful one should be.  Using
>
> put URL "binfile:/Users/username/Desktop/afile.png" into image 
> "imageName"
>
Try replacing the line marked HERE with this;

     put URL ("binfile:" & l) into me

Cheers
Dave