Posted by Mike.Duffy on 03/07/07 21:24

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote in
news:xxaFh.4575$4%1.4271@reader1.news.saunalahti.fi:

> Scripsit Mike.Duffy:
>
>> What is the default directory in the client file system that is used
>> for file urls?

> You don't actually see them much on web pages except as
> products of wrong use of authoring software
>...
> Just stop the guesswork and upload the files onto a web server

My "application" is a js program that creates a customized short story
intended for a juvenile audience. The user is presenetd with a form where
the reader can enter names for the story characters. One feature of the
program that generates the story is that it puts little pictures next to
the text of the character who is speaking. (I.e. like most chat programs.)

I wanted to add a field to allow the end user (or his/her parent) to
specify the file name of a local gif/jpg/bmp file in order to customize the
pictures as well. (So the kid gets his own picture beside his name.)

I actually succeeded in doing this. Take a look at the reply to another
post in the same thread I made a few minutes ago.

You are likely correct about the app not working on systems I have not
tested, but if it works for Windows / IE6, that covers most people anyways.
If it doesn't work, the user can just leave those fields blank and use the
default pictures.

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