Image not displaying

[Guest]

Hi,

I have an image which resides on a different server...on data server. I am
developing on Development server. When I use the image URLin my ASP.Net web
page as xxx.xxx.x.xx\\SHARE\GRAPHICS\image.jpg , that image shows up in the
development server but when I use my local machine for vewing that image , it
doesnt show up...Why is that?

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Because a URL is not UNC. You need to either create a virtual directory
that points to that location, or us File IO to get the image.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

 

[Guest]

Hi Kevin,

How to go create a virtual directory which points to the location of the
image and how to create a file IO to get that image? It might be a very basic
question, but I would be glad if you could help.

Thanks

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi pmud,

Well, you want to do one OR the other, NOT both. The first option would be
done through Internet Information Services Admin. It might be best to ask a
network administrator to do that for you. A virtual directory is simply a
web directory that points to a real directory somewhere, not necessarily in
the web server's folders.

The second option is fairly self-explanatory. You use System.IO classes to
open the file, and write it to the Response.OutputStream. Your app will have
to have permission to open the file.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Neither a follower nor a lender be.

 

[Guest]

Hi Kevin,

In IIS I browsed to Default Websites , then in my website folder called APP,
I right clicked & created a new Virtual Directory which points to
C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/APP . Inside APP i created an image folder which contains
the image. But when i see it from my local machine, with the URL for the site
as :
http//xxx.xx.x.x/APP/Default.aspx , i still cant see the image, or when I
use the name of the Virual directory in the path, as
http//xxx.xx.x.x/VirtualDir/APP/Default.aspx , i still cant see the image
displayed.

Did I do it the right way? If yes, then why is it not displaying?