Local resource files

[mikeukmid]

HELP... I'm having a mental block!
An application uses locally stored picture files (jpg). The pics show up when running the app from the IDE; using a URL like http://localhost:8008/resources/myPic.jpg finds the pics ok. With the app published the pictures are not found when accessing the app via the internet. Please, how do I use local resources for a published app?

TIA Mike.

[Chris Iverson]

Do you use URL format for accessing the images, or local format? e.g. In your code, do you access the image as mysite.com:8008/resources/myPic.jpg or C:\rbp\resources\myPic.jpg? You have to use URL format, or at least have it /resources/myPic.jpg.

[carlgundel]

Let me look into this. The format should be domain.com:8008/myfile.ext to access files in the RB folder, or domain.com:8008/resources/myfile.ext to access files in a subfolder of the RB folder named resources.

-Carl

[carlgundel]

It all seems to work okay here. Try this:

print "testing"
html "<img src=""/resources/calcbanner.png"">"

-Carl

[mikeukmid]

Chris, yes I'm using url format as shown in my post, but:
Carl said:

Let me look into this. The format should be domain.com:8008/myfile.ext to access files in the RB folder, or domain.com:8008/resources/myfile.ext to access files in a subfolder of the RB folder named resources.

I was expecting RB would find local files from localhost:8008 but apparently not.
There may not be a problem Carl, as before, my router setup does not let me go out to the internet and back in so I will get a friend to test for me using mydomain.com:8008 in the URL.

What about another computer on the same network? Addressing the server as localhost:8008 has the same problem. The application runs but local files can not be accessed without going out to the internet. Is there a possible way overcome this.

Thanks,

Mike.

[carlgundel]

Try to access from another computer using localhost is only going to try and find a web server on the same machine as the web browser.

Instead try using the local network IP address of the server like so:

192.168.123.234:8008/resources/myfile.ext

Or else replace your router with one that isn't so restrictive?

-Carl

[mikeukmid]

Instead try using the local network IP address of the server like so:

192.168.123.234:8008/resources/myfile.ext

Sorry, my mistake, that was the method I was trying from a networked computer, not localhost:8008, The RB application runs but the local resource files can't be found.

EDIT: They can when the RB code has been saved - I've got it now. Time for a break!

Or else replace your router with one that isn't so restrictive?

Mike.