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UX & GRID: PREVIEW & WORKING PREVIEW are missing images, LIVE PREVIEW works fine

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    UX & GRID: PREVIEW & WORKING PREVIEW are missing images, LIVE PREVIEW works fine

    Argh.

    I know A5 is a RAD tool and it's supposed to save me time, but I find myself constantly stopped but stupid @#$@ that would be crazily obvious in Visual Basic or C# or damn near any ordinary language. In this case it is the obfuscation of image locations when in the designer.

    When I'm in the designer for a UX component or a GRID component many, most, or all of my images will NOT display in the PREVIEW or WORKING PREVIEW tabs.

    No images in PREVIEW or WORKING PREVIEW
    20130709_Missing_images_in_working-preview_01_bad.jpg


    Oddly, they will display just fine in the LIVE PREVIEW tab and in the app once it is posted.

    Images are just fine in LIVE PREVIEW or when posted to the webserver.
    20130709_Missing_images_in_working-preview_02_good.jpg


    I had the reverse problem once before (displaying in Preview/Working-Preview but not in Live-Preview) and sorted it out by moving copies of images under my project directory.

    Perhaps this has something to do with the [PathAlias.ADB_Path], but I have no idea what (and yes, I've looked a several related links on the Forum).

    I've moved images around, build A5W pages to display the alias, etc. But the bottom line is that these images were added directly to the project and exist in the project directory in the appropriate sub-directory and are copied to the A5Webroot directory automatically.

    It's got to be something stupidly simple. So simple that it isn't easily found with a search. Or in a help menu.

    Any input/direction will be appreciated. Thanks.
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    Re: UX & GRID: PREVIEW & WORKING PREVIEW are missing images, LIVE PREVIEW works fine

    I see you asked in 2009, but i am having the same problem, did you get the solution?
    I am using V12...
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      Re: UX & GRID: PREVIEW & WORKING PREVIEW are missing images, LIVE PREVIEW works fine

      Eddie,

      I did ultimately find a solution. That goes back over a year so I might be a bit fuzzy
      on the details.

      In the directory that holds my actual project I have a substantial number of GIF, JPG,
      and PNG files that I like to select from. These can be added through the A5v12 builder
      interface (add them one by one). In the end however, they will simply be copied to
      the same place in your project directory where your components are stored:
      • where you find component files (ending in ".a5wcmp")
      • typically named "<your path>\Default.WebProject"


      What I found was that the act of "publishing" did not always copy all the images to
      the webserver directory (e.g. "C:\A5Webroot"), even if I told it to publish everything
      of all types and after clearing any prior publishing history.

      My app is called "Zipics" and it is set to have its own directory. So my actual
      webserver directory looks like this:
      C:\A5Webroot
      |
      |-- \LivePreview
      |
      |-- \Zipics


      What I had to do was manually copy all the images from my project
      directory to EACH of the above subdirectories       (LivePreview & Zipics).

      Then I restarted the webserver, cleared the cache in all my browsers,
      and launched my apps.

      This worked.

      Annoying... but it worked.

      Regards,

      Allan

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        Re: UX &amp; GRID: PREVIEW &amp; WORKING PREVIEW are missing images, LIVE PREVIEW works fine

        Thanks for the info. I done that before but i wasn't sure that is the right way bypassing the bug/problem. For now i fixed the Live Preview problem. My server had IE9 also I had v11 WAS installed on my server. I removed that and upgraded my IE to IE11 and uninstalled /reinstall my v12, that fixed the LivePreview problem. But i am still having a problem with WorkingPrevew.
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