Correct img format for browser widget.

[jonathandlynch at gmail.com]

Hi James,

Can you post an example of your actual filepath?

With HTML, the first part of the path to the local disk usually looks like this:

"file:///C:/users/pictures/mypicture.png"

LC should be able to give you the right full path to a document- but make sure to try using the "file:///" prefix inside the HTML text of the browser widget.

I have not tested this, but it has worked for me in the past.

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> On Jul 16, 2017, at 1:53 AM, James Hale via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> hh wrote:
> 
>> ... Or in case you meant simple HTML load (not canvas2d):
>> 
>> <img src="...">
>> where src = "full http-path to image" (local server is running)
>> or src = "relative path to image"
> 
> Actually I am not loading a file from a server, I am setting the htmltext of the widget.
> 
> The file I am loading is actually a markdown which I convert to xhtml using mergMarkdownToXHTML.
> I then set the htmltext of the widget to this converted content.
> Now the text etc all display fine as I would expect, however the images don't.
> The image tags in the markdown are correctly converted to <img src="..."> but obviously the path to the image file is not being correctly interpreted by LC.
> If I was to display this in a text field (by setting its htmltext) I would need to change the img tag's src attribute to include the "binfile:/" prefix.
> When I do this the image displays as expected in the text field.
> 
> However, this displays the images at the size they exist on disk.
> 
> I notice the dictionary (which is using the browser widget) does not do this. It actually scales the images down where required.
> So I thought rather than set the htmltext of the field, let me set the htmltext of a browser widget.
> However none of the forms of the URL for the images that I have tried work.
> I do not know javascript and while I can sort of follow the logic behind the guide display in the dictionary I can't fathom how it actually works.
> It is taking the markdown, converting it the a form of html and it correctly shows the text and the images.
> I am trying to do this without the javascript.
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> On Jul 16, 2017, at 1:53 AM, James Hale via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> hh wrote:
> 
>> ... Or in case you meant simple HTML load (not canvas2d):
>> 
>> <img src="...">
>> where src = "full http-path to image" (local server is running)
>> or src = "relative path to image"
> 
> Actually I am not loading a file from a server, I am setting the htmltext of the widget.
> 
> The file I am loading is actually a markdown which I convert to xhtml using mergMarkdownToXHTML.
> I then set the htmltext of the widget to this converted content.
> Now the text etc all display fine as I would expect, however the images don't.
> The image tags in the markdown are correctly converted to <img src="..."> but obviously the path to the image file is not being correctly interpreted by LC.
> If I was to display this in a text field (by setting its htmltext) I would need to change the img tag's src attribute to include the "binfile:/" prefix.
> When I do this the image displays as expected in the text field.
> 
> However, this displays the images at the size they exist on disk.
> 
> I notice the dictionary (which is using the browser widget) does not do this. It actually scales the images down where required.
> So I thought rather than set the htmltext of the field, let me set the htmltext of a browser widget.
> However none of the forms of the URL for the images that I have tried work.
> I do not know javascript and while I can sort of follow the logic behind the guide display in the dictionary I can't fathom how it actually works.
> It is taking the markdown, converting it the a form of html and it correctly shows the text and the images.
> I am trying to do this without the javascript.
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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