It turned out to be as simple as <img
src="${application.GLOBAL_IMAGES_ROOT}/icon.gif">
..thanks to case sensitivity :-) , oops - i just noticed the code i pasted
was messed up but as you would have guessed it was a typo
On 8/28/07, Laurie Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> j alex wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > How do i access params defined in web.xml in the FTL ? ; In my app, all
> the
> > images are located at a particular path which is defined as
> >
> > <context-param>
> > <param-name>GLOBAL_IMAGES_ROOT</param-name>
> > <param-value>www/abc/def/images</param-value>
> > </context-param>
> >
> > and i want to show an icon from this directory within the FTL . How
> would i
> > make GLOBAL_IMAGES_ROOT available to the FTL markup?
> >
> > <img src="${Application.LOCAL_JS_ROOT}/icon.gif"> does not work
>
> You'll need to have some code somewhere to copy the context parameters
> defined in web.xml into application scope. Servlet context parameters
> aren't automatically put anywhere accessible via OGNL.
>
> Also, it'd help to use the same name when defining and accessing the
> constant ;-)
>
> L.
>
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