Parent Path and Include Files

[MDW]

I’ve got a menu file that’s saved as an .shtml document. I don’t want to post
the code, but essentially it’s a simple HTML table, with an XSL template
wrapped around it. This way, I can include the file from HTML, ASP, or from
an XML stylesheet.

The actual file inclusion works fine. My problem is that the menu uses
images, which are saved in a different directory than the include file
itself. The overall web structure is this:

webroot/default.asp
webroot/includes/nav.shtml
webroot/images/menu_image.gif
webroot/articles/xml_stylesheet.xsl
webroot/articles/article_subject/article_document.xml

I want to use this same menu on every page of the site, from the default.asp
to each of the article.xml files.

What I can’t figure out is this – the menu uses pictures, which are saved in
the “images� directory. I’m very vaguely familiar with how to use parent
paths to get to the image files, but depending on where the include file is
being used, I might have to do back a different number of levels.

For instance, from the default.asp file, the path would be <img
src=�images/menu_image.gif�>. From the article.xml files, though, the path to
that same image would be <img src=�../../../images/menu_image.gif�> or
something like that.

My question is – is there some way to use an include file that needs parent
paths in multiple places on your web site?

I apologize if the question doesn’t make sense….

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Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!

[Steven Burn]

Code you can use regardless of the asp/htm etc file locations;

<img src="/images/imgSomeImage.gif">

--
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

"MDW" <MD*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:43**********************************@microsof t.com...

I’ve got a menu file that’s saved as an .shtml document. I don’t want to post
the code, but essentially it’s a simple HTML table, with an XSL template
wrapped around it. This way, I can include the file from HTML, ASP, or from
an XML stylesheet.

The actual file inclusion works fine. My problem is that the menu uses
images, which are saved in a different directory than the include file
itself. The overall web structure is this:

webroot/default.asp
webroot/includes/nav.shtml
webroot/images/menu_image.gif
webroot/articles/xml_stylesheet.xsl
webroot/articles/article_subject/article_document.xml

I want to use this same menu on every page of the site, from the default.asp
to each of the article.xml files.

What I can’t figure out is this – the menu uses pictures, which are saved in
the “images� directory. I’m very vaguely familiar with how to use parent
paths to get to the image files, but depending on where the include file is
being used, I might have to do back a different number of levels.

For instance, from the default.asp file, the path would be <img
src=�images/menu_image.gif�>. From the article.xml files, though, the path to
that same image would be <img src=�../../../images/menu_image.gif�> or
something like that.

My question is – is there some way to use an include file that needs parent
paths in multiple places on your web site?

I apologize if the question doesn’t make sense….

--
Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!

[MDW]

Wow, quick reply!

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

"Steven Burn" wrote:

Code you can use regardless of the asp/htm etc file locations;

<img src="/images/imgSomeImage.gif">

--
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

"MDW" <MD*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:43**********************************@microsof t.com...

I’ve got a menu file that’s saved as an .shtml document. I don’t want to post
the code, but essentially it’s a simple HTML table, with an XSL template
wrapped around it. This way, I can include the file from HTML, ASP, or from
an XML stylesheet.

The actual file inclusion works fine. My problem is that the menu uses
images, which are saved in a different directory than the include file
itself. The overall web structure is this:

webroot/default.asp
webroot/includes/nav.shtml
webroot/images/menu_image.gif
webroot/articles/xml_stylesheet.xsl
webroot/articles/article_subject/article_document.xml

I want to use this same menu on every page of the site, from the default.asp
to each of the article.xml files.

What I can’t figure out is this – the menu uses pictures, which are saved in
the “images� directory. I’m very vaguely familiar with how to use parent
paths to get to the image files, but depending on where the include file is
being used, I might have to do back a different number of levels.

For instance, from the default.asp file, the path would be <img
src=�images/menu_image.gif�>. From the article.xml files, though, the path to
that same image would be <img src=�../../../images/menu_image.gif�> or
something like that.

My question is – is there some way to use an include file that needs parent
paths in multiple places on your web site?

I apologize if the question doesn’t make sense….

--
Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!