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Last modified by Lachlan Scott on 2007/07/12 19:54
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edited by Lachlan Scott
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1 1  **Problem:** you want to add an image to the HTML page of a Component; being an highly skilled application developer with the good sense to apply your talents with WebObjects :D , you expect to do this by using the <img src=" "> tag in the HTML, and are confused as to how to achieve it in WebObjects.
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3 -**Discussion:** WebObjects provides the WOImage tag to manage images in component pages which obviates the 'img' tag, and which can be somewhat unintuitive for the beginning WO developer. The tag supports all the expected HTML img attributes as far as I can tell; needs checking and the 'filename' attribute which references the location of the image to WebObjects. The images themselves must
3 +**Discussion:** WebObjects provides the WOImage tag to manage images in component pages which obviates the 'img' tag, and which can be somewhat unintuitive for the beginning WO developer. The tag supports all the expected HTML img attributes WOL:as far as I can tell; needs checking and the 'filename' attribute which references the location of the image to WebObjects. The images themselves must
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5 -**Question:** Yeah, but why can't I just make a static reference in the usual way? Well actually, you can link required, but you don't really want to explanation required: load balancing, web server resources, etc. The WOImage solution is elegant, and it will provide
5 +**Question:** Yeah, but why can't I just make a static reference in the usual way? Well actually, you can WOL:link required, but you don't really want to explanation required: load balancing, web server resources, etc. The WOImage solution is elegant, and it will provide
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7 7  **Solution:**
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18 18  11. Choose the parent folder, which is the project you're working in (image pending)
19 19  11. Proceed in this way, building the directory structure you want
20 20  1. In&nbsp; the filesystem, add the image into your chosen directory
21 -11. this seems clunky and there may be a better way of doing it from Eclipse directly
21 +11. WOL:this seems clunky and there may be a better way of doing it from Eclipse directly
22 22  11. Eclipse updates the view showing your added image file
23 23  1. Include the folders and image file as WebServerResources
24 -11. In the Package Explorer, right-click the top folder, and select WOLips Tools > Include as WebServerResource image pending
24 +11. In the Package Explorer, right-click the top folder, and select WOLips Tools > Include as WebServerResource WOL:image pending
25 25  11. Notice that your folder structure has been added to the build directory
26 26  1. Add a WOImage tag to your page and reference the image in the .wod mapping using the 'filename' attribute
27 27  11. In the WOLips perspective, open the component to which you wish to add your image, and double-click the .wod file eg. Main.wod; it should open the .HTML and .wod files in WOLips Builder view
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31 31  11. Complete&nbsp; the filename attribute to match the path to your image, leaving out the leading '/'; in our example, that is
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33 33  LoginBackground : WOImage {
34 -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; filename = "images/backgrounds/loginBackground.gif";
34 +filename = "images/backgrounds/loginBackground.gif";
35 35  }
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37 37  1.
38 -11. Run your application, with any luck, it should All Just Work™ (image pending)
38 +11. Run your application, with any luck, it should All Just Work™ (image pending) :-)
39 + \\