Question Regarding API/imageList

[Steven Drinkwater]

Hi,

First let me quickly explain what it is i'm doing.

I have a PHP page for the editor, inside here I have a string  
containing the XML configuration (so I can dynamically change it,  
based on who is using it). And then this string is passed to the  
instance of EditLiveJava which is also on this same page.

For the imageList, we read the relevant directory and pull the images  
from it, these will then appear in the imageDialog.

We don't allow users to add local files, instead, we have an upload  
manager. (Each site has a /images, /documents and /media folder, with  
each allow specific file types to be uploaded).

My problem is, when they use the upload manager from within the  
editor, and upload some images, when they then open the Insert->Image  
dialog, the images don't appear, because the images were pre-loaded  
when the editor was instanced.

Is there anything I can pass to EditLiveJava to tell it to add an  
image in a similar way the <image> element works? So that I can do  
this every time an image is uploaded? I searched the API and couldn't  
find anything relevant.

Another solution would be when they close the upload manager, could I  
get editlivejava to 're-read' the XML configuration - But as my  
configuration is effectively a string being set on the same page the  
editor is instanced, I don't think this would work?


Anyone got any ideas?


Thanks in advance.
- Steven

[Andrew Herron-4]

You can't change the XML config after the editor has loaded :)

There are two options for fully dynamic image listings:
* WebDAV
* ImageBrowser

It sounds like WebDAV is the one you want, both it and ImageBrowser should
be fully documented in the SDK.


Cheers,
Andy

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From: "Steven Drinkwater" <steven@...>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:50 PM
To: "LiveWorks Discussion" <liveworks@...>
Subject: [Liveworks] Question Regarding API/imageList

> Hi,
>
> First let me quickly explain what it is i'm doing.
>
> I have a PHP page for the editor, inside here I have a string
> containing the XML configuration (so I can dynamically change it,
> based on who is using it). And then this string is passed to the
> instance of EditLiveJava which is also on this same page.
>
> For the imageList, we read the relevant directory and pull the images
> from it, these will then appear in the imageDialog.
>
> We don't allow users to add local files, instead, we have an upload
> manager. (Each site has a /images, /documents and /media folder, with
> each allow specific file types to be uploaded).
>
> My problem is, when they use the upload manager from within the
> editor, and upload some images, when they then open the Insert->Image
> dialog, the images don't appear, because the images were pre-loaded
> when the editor was instanced.
>
> Is there anything I can pass to EditLiveJava to tell it to add an
> image in a similar way the <image> element works? So that I can do
> this every time an image is uploaded? I searched the API and couldn't
> find anything relevant.
>
> Another solution would be when they close the upload manager, could I
> get editlivejava to 're-read' the XML configuration - But as my
> configuration is effectively a string being set on the same page the
> editor is instanced, I don't think this would work?
>
>
> Anyone got any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
> - Steven
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[Adrian Sutton]

> There are two options for fully dynamic image listings:
> * WebDAV
> * ImageBrowser

Or  custom image dialog component if you can write a bit of Java -  
probably not the best option in this case, but useful to know about.  
You could put your entire upload manager in as a component of the  
image dialog and get rid of the static image list altogether.

In this case, I suspect WebDAV or ImageBrowser is the faster and  
simpler route though.

Adrian.
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 >

[Steven Drinkwater]

Hi,

Thanks for the responses, I chose the ImageBrowser method and it  
worked great :)



Thanks,
Steven


On 14 Dec 2007, at 23:30, Adrian Sutton wrote:

>> There are two options for fully dynamic image listings:
>> * WebDAV
>> * ImageBrowser
>
> Or  custom image dialog component if you can write a bit of Java -
> probably not the best option in this case, but useful to know about.
> You could put your entire upload manager in as a component of the
> image dialog and get rid of the static image list altogether.
>
> In this case, I suspect WebDAV or ImageBrowser is the faster and
> simpler route though.
>
> Adrian.
> ______________________
> Adrian Sutton, CTO
> Global Direct: [phone] x717  Australia: [phone]
> Ephox <http://www.ephox.com/>
> Ephox Blogs <http://planet.ephox.com/>, Personal Blog <http://
> www.symphonious.net/
>>
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