Since we are on this topic, any ideas on how to build images from a webpage which is downloaded automatically into a database or a file system. Eg would be google desktop style, where a thumbnail appears of a html page beside a search item.
Regards, Amin > Just carry the path of the file, not the image itself. When you submit > the form you can get at that information (I believe, if not just grab it > via JavaScript on the form submission and stick it in a hidden field). > Then, when yout next JSP executes, you have the path to the file and you > construct the img path: > > <img src="<%="file://"+myForm.getPathToImageUserSelected()$>"> > > Something like that. The basic idea is that the JSP you send back as a > result of the form submission is displaying the image from the user's > PC, not your server. You just need to append the file:// part of the > image's URI at some point. > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > uma.k wrote: >> Hi Frank, >> Thanks for the reply. Your solution works good if I have to show preview >> in >> the same page but I what if I need to show preview in the next JSP? How >> do I >> carry the values/images? >> >> Uma >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 10:44 PM >> To: Struts Users Mailing List >> Subject: Re: Preview of an Image and text >> >> >> You might consider doing it all on the client... >> >> <html> >> <head> >> <title>test</title> >> <script> >> function preview() { >> lyrPreview.innerHTML = ""; >> lyrPreview.innerHTML += "Some message text...<br>"; >> lyrPreview.innerHTML += "<img src=\"file://" + theForm.theFile.value + >> "\">"; >> } >> </script> >> </head> >> <body> >> Select file, then click button to preview:<br> >> <form name="theForm"> >> <input type="file" name="theFile"> >> <input type="button" onClick="preview();" value="Preview message"> >> </form> >> <br><br> >> <u>Preview:</u><br><br> >> <span id="lyrPreview"></span> >> </body> >> </html> >> >> Works on IE, can't say whether it does on anything else. Of course, >> this will only work if you have enough information to construct the >> complete preview on the client at that point, but you could >> alternatively submit the form, then in the reply construct the file:// >> reference to the image as I've done above. That would probably give you >> the best of both worlds, and also remove any cross-browser concerns. >> But, if you can do it without touching the server, so much the better I >> figure. >> >> -- >> Frank W. Zammetti >> Founder and Chief Software Architect >> Omnytex Technologies >> http://www.omnytex.com >> >> uma.k wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>>I have a form where the user is given the option to select a file to >>>upload(normally gif or jpg) before the user submits the file to the >> >> server, >> >>>I wanted to show him a preview of his message and image. >>> >>>How do I do that? Where do I store the image temporarly? >>> >>>Any solutions? >>> >>>Uma >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
