Thanks Robert, Hard-coding the images works fine, but I'm leery of this, as they will of course all need to be changed when the app goes up on a public server; changes could be localized, but...
Is there really no way to declare <img> calls in the web-app that would allow images to use relative path names? The init-param 'imgURL' sounds like it should allow this, but I'm not familiar with it. Thanks for your suggestion, which gets things moving again. Thanks too for the pointer to Ethereal; looks like a useful tool. Best, -BC William BC Crandall bc.crandall [around] earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert r. Sanders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: 20 May 2005 8:36 PM Subject: Re: Accessing images through FrontController Servlet > Do you have any logs of what's going on? Also, make sure the pages are > using the <c:url /> tag (or equivalent), as the image paths need to be > relative to the url that the client browser see - should be able to hard > code the path to be /ntrr/images/whatever.jpg > > To check for bad paths first view page source from your browser, then > you can get the image urls and see if they map to the correct path. > There are also some nice tools that you can run to see what's going on, > for instance the "Live Headers" extension for Firefox, or Ethereal for a > more general solution > > William BC Crandall wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'm starting a new project, using a FrontController servlet > >(http://java.sun.com/j2ee/patterns/FrontController.html), > >and am unable to access image files. > > > >My understanding is that each <img> invokes another call > >to the server/servlet, which, due to the mapping in web.xml, > >is channeled through the controller servlet, which rejects > >the call because it does not point to a sub-servlet. > > > >How can I access images in webapps/ntrr/images/ ? > > > >My web.xml: > > > ><web-app> > > > > <servlet> > > <servlet-name> > > controller > > </servlet-name> > > <servlet-class> > > org.ntrr.core.ControlServlet > > </servlet-class> > > </servlet> > > > > <servlet-mapping> > > <servlet-name> > > controller > > </servlet-name> > > <url-pattern> > > /* > > </url-pattern> > > </servlet-mapping> > > > ></web-app> > > > >I have tried, without success, adding: > > > > <init-param> > > <param-name>imageUrl</param-name> > > <param-value>http://localhost:8080/ntrr/images/</param-value> > > </init-param> > > > >The files in webapps/ntrr/images/ ARE accessible from > >webapps/ntrr/css/ntrr.css, when called as background > >page images, for example. > > > >Any suggestions welcomed. > > > >Thanks, > > > >-BC > > > >William BC Crandall > >bc.crandall [around] earthlink.net > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Robert r. Sanders > Chief Technologist > iPOV > (334) 821-5412 > www.ipov.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
