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Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 09:41 AM
Hi all, first post here, please be gentle.
I'm a photographer and for some years I have been supplying clients with CD-Rom's of jpeg pictures.
On insertion of the disc I have the autorun file start up index.htm on the default browser on which are thumbnail shots that can be enlarged upon clicking. No problem there. It paginates fine and I can even do a simple slideshow.
A couple of years ago one of my clients asked me if I could place a link on the index page that would open a folder showing the high resolution files that were also on the CD, that they could then use for prints etc, rather than have to trawl through Explorer to find the files (not that some of them even knew how to do that)
I found this code and put it on the main index page:
<a href=".\Hi-Res/">Click here for folder containing high resolution files, for printing etc.</a>
Which, if I placed a folder called Hi-Res on the CD disc in the root directory worked well, on clicking a list of the high res files was shown.
But now this doesn't work on my clients new network system, I have no idea why, but it doesn't. Even though the disc is in the pc the high res folder won't open. Still works fine on my personal pc though
Is there a better way to do this, assuming I don't know what browser anyone will be using and that they might be on some sort of network and not a standalone pc??
Any help greatly appreciated, I have no idea how to accomplish this
David, UK
Posted by: Christian J May 1 2014, 10:48 AM
Backslashes only work in the Windows file system with MSIE. You could use
instead, but just
should work too.
See also http://htmlhelp.com/faq/html/basics.html#relative-url
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 10:55 AM
Thanks for the reply.
The client doesn't work with a Mac, could this be upsetting the business Windows network? Is it a reason why it wouldn't work?
The original version I have been using works fine with Firefox.
Which would you say is the safest & most likely to work in this circumstance?
David
Posted by: Christian J May 1 2014, 12:03 PM
The client doesn't work with a Mac, could this be upsetting the business Windows network? Is it a reason why it wouldn't work?
Not sure what you meant there.
My example should work for everybody.
Posted by: jimlongo May 1 2014, 12:05 PM
I'm not clear what kind of server arrangement is this?
A web server, intranet, or client machine?
Or is this a webpage that exists on a CD-ROM?
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 12:08 PM
The client doesn't work with a Mac, could this be upsetting the business Windows network? Is it a reason why it wouldn't work?
Not sure what you meant there.
My example should work for everybody.
Hi again, you mentioned the Windows file system with MSIE, the most likely alternative would be a Mac wouldn't it? My HTML has always worked with standalone Windows PC's perhaps it might not work with Mac's is what I meant
When you say your example, do you mean ./Hi-Res/ or Hi-Res/ would be the best option for me to use?
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 12:14 PM
I'm not clear what kind of server arrangement is this?
A web server, intranet, or client machine?
Or is this a webpage that exists on a CD-ROM?
The webpage doesn't 'exist' on CD-Rom, I'm just using some HTML to fire up the user's browser when a CD is inserted to show an index page with photo thumbnails. This seemed the best way to do this without knowing what software was installed on the users computer as they all have some sort of browser. I used HTML web gallery code from a program I use all the time - Breezebrowser Pro
The client (a big multinational) now has a very complex 'intranet' with hundreds of computers linked and all with internet access, I have no idea what the actual config is, its none of my business. I just know they used to be able to access the high res files on my discs in theor pc's and now they can't. As the files on the discs haven't changed something at their end must have.
As I said this is not my area of expertise!
Posted by: jimlongo May 1 2014, 12:28 PM
Have you checked support for your product at http://www.breezesys.com/support.htm ?
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 12:33 PM
Have you checked support for your product at http://www.breezesys.com/support.htm ?
The code in question is a bit I added on for my specific purpose, it's not Breezebrowzer's code
Posted by: Christian J May 1 2014, 12:51 PM
My HTML has always worked with standalone Windows PC's perhaps it might not work with Mac's is what I meant
Yes, that's my theory too.
Yes.
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 12:54 PM
My HTML has always worked with standalone Windows PC's perhaps it might not work with Mac's is what I meant
Yes, that's my theory too.
Yes.
Is that supposed to help me?
Posted by: jimlongo May 1 2014, 12:56 PM
A CD-ROM should be universal.
Look into the burning software you're using on how to do that.
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 01:02 PM
A CD-ROM should be universal.
Look into the burning software you're using on how to do that.
If you take the time to read the original post you will see the issue, which isn't with the CD-Rom, but how a browser interprets a single line of HTML. I thought I made that pretty clear
Posted by: jimlongo May 1 2014, 01:04 PM
The issue is with how the CD-ROM is interpreted.
What you've made clear is that I shouldn't try to help any more.
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 01:11 PM
The issue is with how the CD-ROM is interpreted.
What you've made clear is that I shouldn't try to help any more.
Agreed
Posted by: Christian J May 1 2014, 01:48 PM
My HTML has always worked with standalone Windows PC's perhaps it might not work with Mac's is what I meant
Yes, that's my theory too.
Yes.
Is that supposed to help me?
Well, yes: problems with backslashes occur on non-Windows OS (such as a Mac), and the solution should be to use either ./Hi-Res/ or Hi-Res/ as the link URL (both should give the same result).
Posted by: dhphoto May 1 2014, 01:56 PM
My HTML has always worked with standalone Windows PC's perhaps it might not work with Mac's is what I meant
Yes, that's my theory too.
Yes.
Is that supposed to help me?
Well, yes: problems with backslashes occur on non-Windows OS (such as a Mac), and the solution should be to use either ./Hi-Res/ or Hi-Res/ as the link URL (both should give the same result).
Excellent, that's what I needed to know - that one isn't more likely to work than the other.
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