> I looking to use a flash app to display images which are read > from an XML file (slideshowpro) in a password protected admin > area of the site. The app requires that the path to each > image be pointed as an absolute URL (for > example: <http://www.somesite.com/images/image1.jpg> > http://www.somesite.com/images/image1.jpg ). However, the > project requires (for security reasons) that the images > reside in a non-accessible directory on the server (for > example: c:\clientfiles\someSiteFiles\image1.jpg). I have > Win 2003, and have tried an IIS virtual directory mapping to > this non-accessible directory to "/somesiteFiles" without > luck. Is there a way to make this work, or are there other > flash image display apps that would allow this?
Flash, like your browser, has no ability to access files on your web server unless those files have valid URLs. What happens if you try to resolve those URLs in your browser? Creating a virtual directory should work, if you do it correctly. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore and Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256533 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
