Erik, The problem may be that you are using JSP Tags, which are commonly written to only output links to resources within your context. You may want to simply think of writing plain old <a> and <img> tags and do it yourself.
-----Original Message----- From: Erik Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:18 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: REPOST: Relative URLs Can't you embed a ServletContext attribute (variable) in your links using the EL? The attribute value could come from an init param and get set at app startup. Erik tarek.nabil wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I still can not find an answer to my question, so I thought I'd repost >this and try to make it clearer. I really apreciate any help. > > >How can I refer to resources that are outside my module in a way that >will not mandate rewriting all the URLs in case I change the location of >my module in the hierarchy? > >My URL would look like >http://server/my-application/my-module/doSomething.do > >And inside the JSP I need to refer to an image inside a folder "images", >for example, the absolute URL should be > >http://server/my-application/images/some-image.gif > >For that purpose, I can not always use the <html:img> tag, cause some of >the images are background images. > >I thought about the <html:rewrite> tag, but > >I can not use the page attribute, cause it's only limited to resources >inside the module. > >I can not use the href attribute, because I do not want to hardcode the >application name. > >I can not use the forward attribute because I do not want to specify a >forward for every image. > >Even for the images that are simple images and I can use the <html:img> >tag, I can not use the pageKey attribute, also because it's module >relative and also because then I would need to all the images in the >ApplicationResources.properties file. > >Thanks, >Tarek Nabil > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
