Hello,

I need the ability to insert offsite images the same way as local computer images, using a complete URL instead of a just a local folder path, with the same scaling ability and visual verification upon insertion. NVU for example can do this. Does VSD 6 have this feature ?

Thank you,

DH

DH,

If you know the URL, you can enter the HTML needed to link to that image.

Download the trial version and test it to see if it will do what you want done.

Then if you have problems or questions, post them here in the forums and members will likely have the answer.

Simple: Yes.

Hello,

I downloaded V6.0 and used the picture tool however there is no provision for an offsite URL, only local folders.

If I use the HTML tool and enter the URL no picture appears on the WYSIWG screen, a feature that I need for verification during the design stage, and a selling point of CoffeeCup.

NVU can use a URL instead of a local folder during picture insertion, and scale the picture with aspect ratio constrained, using pixels or percentage. CoffeeCup 6.0 appears to be able to only use pixel scaling without aspect ratio constraint.

DH

DH,

The inserted HTML should look something like this:

<img src="www.somesite.com/image.jpd" alt="photo of something" title="photo of something" width="100px" height="100px">

If you use a real URL, modify the alt and title to describe the real photo, and use the correct width and height, this should work.

You don't have to go so far. Just go to the image online, press the right mouse button and select [copy image location]. Insert this in the file name dialog. The image will appear.

Note that object that appear to be an image is not always an usable image. If you copy the link and you paste it, the link have to end with .jpg or .png or .gif or such.

It really works as you expect and hope it shouls work.

Hello,

I am still having problems with this. I tried the HTML code using copy location as follows,

<img src="http://www.iol.ie/%7Eselectship/pictures/Elec-Components/Rectifiers/Mitsubishi/RM250DZ-2H/images/slides/p_0001.jpg" alt="photo of something"
title="photo of something"
width="600px" height="429px">

(the truncated URL in this code, and the height, are corrected two messages down, DH)

and the correct box size appears however with the multiple "Preview Not Available" statement instead of an image. The code is placed in the "Body HTML" box.

If you take the URL from the above HTML and paste it into a browser the image does appear. Do I need to include a preview with the .jpg image ?

Thank you,

DH

I just pasted DH's image url into the file name gadget of the open image requestor in Build 4, and this worked perfectly. The fully visible image was placed where I had clicked.

Now, while you can't scale images proportionally using the Object Properties tool, you can do some proportional or constrained resizing by dragging the image handles while holding a Shift key.

Hello,

the URL was clipped in my previous message, and also the height incorrect, the HTML should have read,

<img
src="http://www.iol.ie/%7Eselectship/pictures/Elec-Components/Rectifiers/
Mitsubishi/RM250DZ-2H/images/slides/p_0001.jpg"
alt="photo of something"
title="photo of something"
width="600px" height="202px">

without any spaces in the URL, however the HTML code still displays the "No Preview Available" (I am not certain whether or not the URL was clipped in the previous VSD test).

I then tried pasting the URL into the image requester filename box as suggested and this worked, thank you very much, and the shift scale tip is also very useful. Is it possible to edit the URL once the picture is inserted ? (I do not see the URL in the object properties box).

DH

Hello,

the plot thickens. I uploaded the VSD test that contained the two URL referenced images, one inserted via the image requester filename box of the picture inserter (which does display on the WYSIWYG screen), and the other via the HTML code insertion (which does not display). Both display on the uploaded webpage.

I then downloaded the index.html and examined it. The image requester version no longer references the original URL image, it has uploaded its own version and saved that as files/IMG_0.jpg under the specified server root folder. Examining the VSD test.vnu file I can see that the image is stored on the local computer at a WinXP "documents and settings" location, namely,

C:Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\W5AZ0PUF\p_0001[1].jpg

It seems that the image requester cannot reference an offsite URL, only draw a picture from there and place it elsewhere. The HTML code can reference an offsite URL, however does not show it on the VSD WYSIWYG screen.

DH