When you are writing a webpage resources are specified as either a) relative to the current file, or b) relative to the _web site_ root. Also, use unix style path delimiters, not windows. And your resource will probably need to be located under the site root, or the server configured to find them.
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/appconfig.html#Static_Files_and_Resource_Files Robert On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 14:22, RRRaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Back Again, > > I still cannot get this to work > > If I use > > #fade-in > { > height: 24px; > background-image:url(C:/RRRSystems/Eclipse/Common/Image/ > FadeIn.gif); > background-repeat:repeat-x; > > } > > All works great. > > I Have created a Path Variable in my Eclipse Project: > COMMON_LOC C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\Common > > How can I use this in the CSS? > > I have tried: > background-image:url(COMMON_LOC/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url(@COMMON_LOC/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url($COMMON_LOC/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url({COMMON_LOC}/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url(${COMMON_LOC}/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url({$COMMON_LOC}/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > background-image:url(%COMMON_LOC%/Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); > None of these seem to do anything. > > How can I use the COMMON_LOC Variable? > > Thanks, > > Raney > > > > > On Sep 28, 3:37 pm, RRRaney <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am having trouble trying to access a common resource using Eclipse >> SDK Version:3.6.1. >> If I can get it working as is, I will try to get it going using Linked >> Resources. >> >> Current Workspace: C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse. >> Current Project: C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication >> Common Resource: C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\Common\Image\FadeIn.gif >> >> Directory Structure: >> >> C:\RRRSystems >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication\war >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication\war\MyApplication.css >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication\war\MyApplication.html >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\Common\Image >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\Common\Image\FadeIn.gif >> >> In MyApplication.html I have a link to MyApplication.css >> <link rel="stylesheet" >> type="text/css" >> rel="stylesheet" >> href="MyApplication.css"> >> >> In MyApplication.css I have the style fade-in >> I have used fade-in as the div id in MyApplication.html >> #fade-in >> { >> height: 24px; >> background-image:url(../../../Common/Image/FadeIn.gif); >> background-repeat:repeat-x; >> >> } >> >> My Relative Path Notation: >> ../ = C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication >> ../../ = C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine >> ../../../ = C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse >> >> I have tried just about everything that I can think of to get this to >> work, but nothing. >> >> The only way that I can get it to work is to move FadeIn.gif to: >> C:\RRRSystems\Eclipse\AppEngine\MyApplication\war\FadeIn.gif >> And change MyApplication.css to: >> #fade-in >> { >> height: 24px; >> background-image:url(FadeIn.gif); >> background-repeat:repeat-x; >> >> } >> >> Any ideas would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Raney > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
