On Nov 3, 8:21 pm, Mohammad El-abid <[email protected]> wrote: > So this is the original code I used, and it worked > > send_file 'vendor/sprites/not-found.png', {:filename => > "sprite-not-found.png", :type => "image/png", :disposition => "inline"} > > Now I switched it to this (going to be adding imageMagick) > > send_data File.read('vendor/sprites/not-found.png'), {:filename => > "soldier-not-found.png", :type => "image/png", :disposition => "inline"} > > But now instead of seeing my image I see the good 'ol broken image. I > assume this is because an image is binary but File.read() uses String. > How would I go about loading an image into RAM and serve it? >
a String in ruby is just a collection of bytes - there isn't a separate binary type. If you're on windows you might need to open the file in binary mode Fred -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

