Ok Stephan Thanks a lot for this explain. Now I can go to right way.
Regards Mario 2007/8/7, Stephan Beal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Aug 8, 1:28 am, "Mario Moura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I am trying is show an image into my browser with this tag > > > > <img width="50" height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> into my > > browser. > > > > Is it possible? or is a security lock from browsers? > > Both. It is possible, but only if your browser allows it. > > > I am using $.post() > > It is likely that you won't be able to POST to a JPG file. You should > use GET. For example, on my local web server i can POST to HTML files, > but on my hosting provider i cannot - i have to use GET for HTML > files. > > > So I could send the path that user choice C:/Users/example.JPG to my php > and > > return <img width="50" height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> > > Imagine what would happen if any JavaScript could read a local file > and then POST it back to the web site. Scary stuff. > > > But isnt working because browsers cant show this tag <img width="50" > > height="50" src="file:///C:/Users/example.JPG"/> > > As well it should not. See above. > > > I can upload the file to webserver I know but will be more fast and I > can > > save some bandwidth traffic if I could do this. And avoid malicious > users > > consume my bandwidth traffic. > > But this feature is far more malicious than bandwidth theft. > > > So Jquery can show Images from file:///C:? or something like this? > > This is not a question of jQ, but of JavaScript and the browser's > security settings. i would NEVER enable my browser to allow reading of > local files. i don't even think that Firefox lets you configure it to > do that. > > -- Mário Alberto Chaves Moura [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31-9157-6000
