Hello Andy, It looks interesting, I've tried this before but I had some difficulties with Firefox, at last I could do it with IE6, IE7, and Firefox. But Safari and Opera mask the whole url in the input file. So this won't work in those browsers.
Regards, On 8/17/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's not true at all. I've got a JS file that allows for live previews. > The JS file is attached, and here's the code needed to trigger it: > > <form name="myForm"> > <input type="file" name="photo_file"><br> > <input type="button" name="button" class="smaller" value="Preview > Image" onclick="previewImage(document.myForm.photo_file.value)"> > </form> > > I can't say that it works on all computers, but I've never once had a > client say that it didn't work. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Joan Piedra > *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2007 12:39 PM > *To:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: Jquery can show Images from file:///C:? > > Hey Mario, > I had the same idea some time ago, but after trying some workarounds and > reading a lot of browser docs I noticed this was an horrible and really bad > practice in web development. > > So we actually can't make an "image preview" before sending data to the > server. > We will have to stick to the simple way, upload then preview. > > Cheers, > > > On 8/7/07, Mario Moura < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks > > > > What I am trying is show an image into my browser with this tag > > > > <img width="50" height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> into my > > browser. > > > > Is it possible? or is a security lock from browsers? > > > > I am using $.post() > > > > So I could send the path that user choice C:/Users/example.JPG to my php > > and return <img width="50" height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> > > > > But isnt working because browsers cant show this tag <img width="50" > > height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> > > > > I can upload the file to webserver I know but will be more fast and I > > can save some bandwidth traffic if I could do this. And avoid malicious > > users consume my bandwidth traffic. > > > > So I am trying use AJAX to simulate Upload Ajax? and when forms is > > already send images normaly (without ajax). > > > > So Jquery can show Images from file:///C:? or something like this? > > > > Regards > > > > Mario > > > > > -- > Joan Piedra || Frontend webdeveloper > http://joanpiedra.com/ > > -- Joan Piedra || Frontend webdeveloper http://joanpiedra.com/
