Replcae Broken Images

[Jake]

Not sure if this can be done with ASP but I would like to find a way
to detect if an image is missing and replace it with a default image instead
of the dreaded RED X showing up.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks in Advance!

 

[Evertjan.]

Jake wrote on 17 okt 2005 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

Not sure if this can be done with ASP but I would like to find a way
to detect if an image is missing and replace it with a default image
instead of the dreaded RED X showing up.

Yes, it can be done with ASP,
if you set and use a dedicated 404.asp page.

Start that 404.asp page with something like:

[vbscript]

<%
qstr = lcase(Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING"))
if right(qstr,4)=".jpg" or right(qstr,4)=".gif" then
response.redirect "/images/imageNotFound.gif"
end if
%>

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any html on your site, containing:

<img src='/somewhereElseOr/imageNotHere.jpg'>

will display the imageNotFound.gif picture,
which I have bitwize filled with the Dutch equivalent of:
"Sorry, this image is not available just yet".

 

[Bob Lehmann]

Search for FileSystemObject and then read up on the Exists method.

Bob Lehmann

 

[AlanM]

try the fileexists method of FileSystemObject

this is only good if you have the images on the same machineas your asp app.