can a external widget access local files?

[shpe11]

ok, I have a widget which has

<META http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://....">

how do I access the local files? from that http? i've tried with "E:/myFolder/image.jpg" and "file:///E:/myFolder/image.jpg" but is no working...

or it's from security?

[powerpixels]

Try using relative paths ("myFolder/image.jpg").
This works without issues.


Best regards

Dusan

[shpe11]

the HTML and SWF are on the server! so if I put "myFolder/image.jpg" it will look at http://www.mydomain.com/myFolder/image.jpg

just wanna do a photoViewer widget, that will constantly updating the functions, so that the user don't have to reinstall the app again

Try using relative paths ("myFolder/image.jpg").
This works without issues.


Best regards

Dusan

[JasperGoes]

Try creating an auto-update function to your widget instead.

In the init function, put an ajax call to fetch (updated) script from your server,
write it away using setPreferenceForKey, and add the script element to your local
project.

Google "auto update wrt widgets" for loads of examples.

[shpe11]

just tested, the HTML sees both "e:/myFolder/image.jpg" and "file:///e:/myFolder/image.jpg"

just the swf inside the html won't see it...

the way I see it is I put the HTML in the widget and .js and swf on server... and should work...

[powerpixels]

Maybe it's because of security limits and flash that is loaded to cache. I have no clue what are you going to do with local jpg images, but I believe it can be done without flash, using js and workarounds

[shpe11]

this is what I'm doing: http://m.ilook.ro/?id2=0000

because save function (sharedObjects got only 4K, and is to low for my app, about 32-64K I need); in WRT i've tested and got 128K and more space to save (with widget.setPreferenceForKey)

so, no, there is no workaround with js

Maybe it's because of security limits and flash that is loaded to cache. I have no clue what are you going to do with local jpg images, but I believe it can be done without flash, using js and workarounds