Use cfhttp
reguest the image as the URL:
"http://www.someotherdomain.com/somedirectory/someimage.jpg"
Then if http.FileContent contains a "404" error code, the image was not found.
HTH
Dick
At 10:17 AM -0400 4/2/01, John Fix 3rd wrote:
>I want to include an image file that is on a server at another location.
>If no image exists, I want to display a message stating "No Image
>Available". I had it working fine for local images..here's the code:
>
><cfset ImageFile = "d:\webroot\images\" & #Trim(sku)# & ".gif">
><cfif #FileExists(#ImageFile#)#>
><CFSET DisplayImage = "http://server.com/images/" & #Trim(sku)# &
>".gif">
><IMG SRC= "#DisplayImage#">
><cfelse>
>No Image Available
></cfif>
>
>How do I do that seam test for a remote server that I'm accessing via
>HTTP (I have permission to use their image files)? Would I do something
>with CFHTTP and then test for a valid image response?
>
>Thanks!
>
>John
>www.cornells.com
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