Glad I could help! I didn't realize you can get to the image directly. Thanks for teaching me something back :)
Jason On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Andrew Hicox <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > HO-LY Mackerel! > You sir, are a genius! > > So ... for the benefit of future googlers ... set ${IMAGE} to 'Name' from > AR System Resource Definitions. > Since you're not including a file extension in your HTML source, it's > important to set the 'Mime Type' value correctly on AR System Resource > Definitions. > > One better. > Here's how you can directly access your images on midtier: > > http://<hostname>/arsys/sharedresources/image/<'Name'>?server=<$SERVER$> > > this is a huge help, dude! > again, thanks so much! > > -Andy > > On Dec 7, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Jason Miller wrote: > > ** I played with something similar that never made it to production. Here > is a snippet from the HTML template that was stored in the AR System > Resource form and was calling an image that was also stored in the AR > System Resource form. > > <img src="sharedresources/image/${IMAGE}" width="75" height="50" border=/> > > This code is for a Tooltip template and there is a Set Fields action > before this template is called that associates ${IMAGE} with the AR System > Resource record name. I think it may work with showing the HTML template > in a View Field instead of as a Tooltip in a Message action. > > Jason > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Andrew Hicox <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Hi Jason, >> >> thanks for the response. that is indeed, exactly what I'm trying to do. >> However, though I can create both HTML templates and Images in the AR >> System Resource Definitions form, I don't seem to be able to figure out how >> to use one of those images in the HTML template. >> >> So I need to be able to create an HTML template with image references in >> it. >> >> -Andy >> >> On Dec 6, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Jason Miller wrote: >> >> ** Hi Andrew, >> >> What about putting the HTML file in the "AR System Resource Definitions" >> form? A record in here and a little workflow to do a Set Fields to your >> View Field should do the trick. >> >> Bullet two has a little bit of info in the 7.6.04 "Form and Application >> Objects Guide" on page 380 and some more on 388 (the feature was introduced >> in 7.5 so you have it in 7.6.03). >> * >> * >> ********************************************** >> *View fields* >> A view field is a display-only field that displays any type of content >> that a typical browser can display, including the following: >> >> * Views of AR System forms. >> >> * HTML templates registered in AR System Resource Definitions with >> parameters or embedded field references. These can be full HTML documents, >> or HTML fragments that are included in the main page. >> >> * Attachment field contents, such as HTML files, image files, and >> Microsoft Word documents. >> >> The common use of view field is to embed multiple forms on the view >> fields that are present on a container form. Embedded forms can share the >> user interface and workflow. You can load AR System forms as Inline forms. >> For more information, see “Inline Forms” on page 150. >> >> You set the initial value of a view field by setting its Text property to >> bind a URL or a template name. You can also set the initial value using a >> Set Fields active link action, optionally using theTEMPLATE() function. For >> more information, see “Creating view fields.” >> ********************************************** >> >> Let me know if that works. >> Jason >> >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Andrew Hicox <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I have a pretty odd set up, where hostnames of our mid-tier servers are >>> not static. Which is to say, from one network segment in the company it's >>> "hostname 1", and from another it's "hostname 2", and from still others >>> there is no DNS at all, and it's just an IP address (and at that -- >>> sometimes not even the same IP, sometimes it's the IP of a proxy). There >>> are also load balancers involved across multiple mid-tiers as well. >>> >>> I have a form, and in that form, I have a view field. In that view >>> field, I want to load up an HTML template full of help text. I'd just love >>> to include some graphics (screenshots will be helpful here). The only >>> problem is that since the template is not being served from any discernible >>> document root (it's loaded up in an active link set-fields template() >>> action), there is no relative path for image files. >>> >>> I can bypass this by putting in an fully qualified URL to the image >>> files, but the problem is that I can't actually KNOW what the hostname is >>> going to be. It might have bounced through a proxy, into a nat translation, >>> or what have you. >>> >>> I'd *really* like to be able to include references to BMC image objects >>> in my template. Intuitively, it seems like this would be the "right" way to >>> handle it anyhow. >>> >>> I don't see a way to do that in the documentation (though admittedly, I >>> may have missed it). >>> We're on 7.6.03. >>> >>> Anyone ever do something like this? >>> >>> -Andy >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >>> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" >>> >> >> _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ >> >> >> _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
