FileExists takes an absolute path as argument: http://www.cfquickdocs.com/cf8/#FileExists
So you'd need to pass something like "D:\wwwroot\images\photo\ Photo89255-2.jpeg". Francois Levesque http://blog.critical-web.com/ On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Dave Long <d...@northgoods.com> wrote: > > I am attempting to prevent broken pictures on a page displaying details > regarding real estate listings. Agents are allowed to upload as many as 12 > pictures of a particular listing but frequently post less than twelve. When > that happens, a "broken picture" emblem appears, and we want to eliminate > that. > > An example of the (not working) test page can be found at: > > > http://www.vacationlandproperties.com/Residential_Listing.cfm?RecordID=89255 > > I have entered some extraneous code in order to determine that the correct > path is being used, thusly: > > <cfset PhotoLocation = "http://mls.northernweb.net/images/Photo";> > <cfset PhotoLocation = PhotoLocation & ViewField20> > <table align="center" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0"> > <tr><td colspan="5" align="center">#PhotoLocation#-2.jpeg<br> > <cfif FileExists('#PhotoLocation#-2.jpeg')>Yes, it's here.<cfelse>I > couldn't > find it.</cfif> > </td></tr> > > As you can see at the test page, the path to the photo shows up correctly > but the CFIF tag is unable to produce desired results. > > Any idea of what I am doing wrong? Is there a better way to test to see if > a > file exists in order to avoid broken pictures on the page? > > Thanks, > > Dave Long > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:318735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
