Pull Images from website

[rdechant]

Pic = CreateResource("http://assets.lincolnelectric.com/assets/en_US/Products/" (Field("MATERIAL") "/1200x1200.jpg", "graphic", true);

 

if (Pic.exists)

return Pic;

else

return Resource("PhotoNotAvailable");

[rdechant]

How can I code the dynamic folder names?

[Dan Korn]

I would expect you to get a syntax error in your rule as posted. You need a couple plus signs in there to concatenate the strings properly in JavaScript:

Pic =  CreateResource("http://assets.lincolnelectric.com/assets/en_US/Products/" [color=DarkRed][b]+[/b][/color] Field("MATERIAL") [color=DarkRed][b]+[/b][/color] "/1200x1200.jpg", "graphic", true);

Also, you can't test for the existence of a graphic resource from the Internet with the .exists property, since the file is not downloaded until it's used. So the rule should just be one line like this:

return CreateResource("http://assets.lincolnelectric.com/assets/en_US/Products/" + Field("MATERIAL") + "/1200x1200.jpg");

You can always place the "photo not available" picture in a separate graphic frame below the one which gets the picture from the Internet, so it gets covered up when the online resource is found.