Image fileName problem

[Thomas McGrath III]

Mike,

That did it. I just knew that the filenames were full paths before and assumed it was a change in 4.6

Thanks 

-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
3mcgrath at comcast.net

On May 13, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:

> Don't know the specific answer to the problem, but I think if you go into
> preferences, files & memory and check the always use absolute file paths for
> images it will stop the relative referencing.
> 
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgrath3 at mac.com>wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to upload an image to on-rev and am running into a problem. I
>> wonder if anyone can help?
>> 
>> I have an image object named "TestImage" that I set the file name to an
>> image on disk using the inspector icon (Folder). (This is the important
>> part)
>> The inspector puts  ./../../LRS.png into the fileName field in the
>> inspector. (I seem to remember previous versions putting the full path name
>> instead)
>> 
>> The image will upload to the server using this code:
>> ---------------
>> constant FTPHOST = "ftp.liveconnectonline.com/"
>> constant FTPUSER = "liveconnectonline%40lazyriver.on-rev.com"
>> constant FTPPASS = "*******"
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>>  local tFileForUpload, tFileName
>>  put the fileName of image "TestImage" into tFileForUpload
>>  set the itemdel to "/"
>>  put the last item of tFileForUpload into tFileName
>>  put empty into field "Results"
>> 
>>  local tDestination
>>  put "ftp://" & FTPUSER & ":" & FTPPASS & "@" & "
>> ftp.liveconnectonline.com/liveconnectonline/ClientOne/" & tFileName into
>> tDestination
>>  libURLftpUploadFile tFileForUpload, tDestination, "uploadComplete"
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> on uploadComplete pURL, pStatus
>>  put "Status Update:" && pStatus && return after field "Results"
>> end uploadComplete
>> ---------------
>> 
>> BUT the file that gets uploaded is not a true PNG file and will not open in
>> any image processor. It also does not indicate the correct file size.
>> 
>> NOW if I type into the fileName field of the inspector the full path to the
>> image -- /Users/mcgrath3/Desktop/LRS2.png  -- it then works correctly.
>> 
>> It is like getting the fileName with the ./../../ is not being processed
>> correctly or that it is not what should be being entered by the inspector.
>> 
>> Is this normal? I don't ever remember this happening before locally with or
>> without trying to upload to a server.
>> 
>> Does anyone else see what the problem might be?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> -- Tom McGrath III
>> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
>> 3mcgrath at comcast.net
>> 
>> 
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