AWESOME! I will give it a try and let the group know.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:28 PM, David Huynh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Also try URLs of this form
>
>    file:///C:/foo/bar/picture.png
>
> The issue is that it's a security risk to let Flash .swf files access
> local files. You'd need to explicitly tell the Flash plugin to trust the
> Runway .swf. I'm not sure if it'd work, but try step 4 of
>    http://code.google.com/p/simile-widgets/wiki/Runway
> but instead of click Browse for Files, paste in this URL
>    http://api.simile-widgets.org/runway/1.0/swf/runway.swf
>
> David
>
> John Callahan wrote:
>> I'm loading local images into Runway without problems using http://..
>> instead of pointing directly to the file via path name, C:\....  For
>> example, the following works fine for me.
>>
>> var records = [
>>     {   image: "http://mysite.com/images/belem.gif";,
>>         title: "Belem",
>>     },
>>     {   image: "http://mysite.com/images/fossils.png";,
>>         title: "Fossils",
>>     },
>>
>>
>> I would suggest to get that working first and then try using local file
>> path names.  I'd be surprised if you can use anything other than http to
>> access the images though.
>>
>> - John
>>
>> **************************************************
>> John Callahan
>> Geospatial Application Developer
>> Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
>> 227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501
>> Tel: (302) 831-3584  Email: [email protected]
>> http://www.dgs.udel.edu
>> **************************************************
>>
>>
>>
>> Carter wrote:
>>
>>> I have been watching the forum on the data load issue. I am still new
>>> at the programming thing but it seems in the Data.js I should be able
>>> to enter the image location (local file) to display the image and
>>> text. I can view the text but not the image. What am I doing wrong?
>>> Could the different sources cause a problem?
>>>
>>> var records = [
>>>     { image: "C:\...images\LandRev.jpeg?
>>> mode=fillcrop&maxheight=200&maxwidth=200",
>>>         title: "Report on Land Revenue Settlement",
>>>         subtitle: "Afghanistan | Land Reform"
>>>     },
>>>     {   image: "http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/guid/
>>> 9202a8c04000641f800000000a1818ab?
>>> mode=fillcrop&maxheight=200&maxwidth=200",
>>>         title: "intern",
>>>         subtitle: "Sandeep Jauhar"
>>>     },
>>>     {   image: "http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/
>>> wikipedia/images/en_id/8855635?
>>> mode=fillcrop&maxheight=200&maxwidth=200",
>>>         title:  "Interpreter of Maladies",
>>>         subtitle: "Jhumpa Lahiri"
>>>     },
>>>     {   image: "http://www.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/guid/
>>> 9202a8c04000641f800000000a181846?
>>> mode=fillcrop&maxheight=200&maxwidth=200",
>>>         title: "Beautiful Evidence",
>>>         subtitle: "Edward Tufte"
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> >
>>
>
>
> >
>

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