Posted by Toby Inkster on 04/29/06 16:21

Asterbing wrote:

> How to display image data embedded in the html page itself. Seen <img
> src:"data:image/gif;base64,...">, but it doesn't work in IE. How to do ?
> What workaround ?

Yes, it can be done. You'll need:

1. A small server-side script that can do base64 decoding;

2. A small client-side script that Internet Explorer will
run, that performs the following tasks:

* Finds all data:URLs
* For each of them, rewrites it to point to
the server-side script, calling it using the
base64-encoded data as a parameter.

e.g.
http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/06/base64-ie/
http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2003/10/18/embedding

Reminds me -- I keep meaning to add "data:" URLs to my chess board.

http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/chess/

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