file:/img/MetroTileHomepage.png doesn't freak out ...
# tornadofxa
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
10/25/2017, 10:14 PMfile:/img/MetroTileHomepage.png doesn't freak out but does not return an image, I guess I'll have to keep playing around with it. I'll let you know what the solution was!
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Ruckus
10/25/2017, 10:15 PMAre you trying to load an arbitrary image from the file system or a specific one included with the program?
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carlw
10/25/2017, 10:21 PMfile:// is going to need an absolute path and it can get messy with different platforms. Sometimes you get stuff like file://c/user …
carlw
10/25/2017, 10:21 PMso, usually, you’ll use the class loader to also load in your app’s resources
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carlw
10/25/2017, 10:24 PMSome classes like Image will offer a shortcut like
carlw
10/25/2017, 10:24 PMnew Image(“/images/Logo16.png”, true)
carlw
10/25/2017, 10:27 PMIf you want to see your image while you come up to speed with the classpath stuff, just put in a full path to MetroTileHomePage
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amanda.hinchman-dominguez
10/26/2017, 1:16 AM@Ruckus trying to load images from my project!
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edvin
10/26/2017, 10:56 AM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez If the images are on the classpath, ie. under your src/main/resources folder, you should use an absolute path starting with /. For example, an image in
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amanda.hinchman-dominguez
10/26/2017, 2:06 PMI must be formatting the url incorrectly!
amanda.hinchman-dominguez
10/26/2017, 2:06 PMIt looks like I can't attach a file in a thread, so I'll have to post in the main chat.
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edvin
10/27/2017, 9:03 PM@amanda.hinchman-dominguez Yes, I've noticed that too, no attachments or code posts in threads. Hope they add that 🙂