Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android URI to drawable Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:38:45 +0000 Organization: Dirk Bruere at Neopax Lines: 49 Message-ID: <9hh51sFndkU1@mid.individual.net> References: <9hgtnoF760U1@mid.individual.net> <7367201.498.1320372924453.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prep8> <9hh1nbF1ugU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: dirk.bruere@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ybI57Ts48ImdwHej1DYJcA+zgr6TkGLCSHd2EwjG/mPhQztR/R Cancel-Lock: sha1:Dqsi9qox9XYCdvA5+TnMJMSDiAE= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 In-Reply-To: <9hh1nbF1ugU1@mid.individual.net> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 111103-1, 03/11/2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9501 On 04/11/2011 02:41, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > On 04/11/2011 02:15, Lew wrote: >> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: >>> Drawable d = >>> Drawable.createFromPath("e:\\Config\\$NetRadioCovers\\Other\\96.7 >>> Ashbourne Radio.jpg"); >>> >>> This returns null, even though the path is correct. >>> Any ideas on how to do it? >> >> Here is a lesson in why you should put all the necessary information >> in the body of your post, and not just in the subject. Your subject >> refers to "Android URI", but the body of your post talks about a >> Windows path. That is confusing. >> >> Regardless, the evidence from the tiny bit of information you provide >> is that the path is most definitely *not* correct. At the very least, >> you should re-examine that assumption and take steps to prove it. >> (E.g., write a unit test that test for something like 'new File("your >> path").exists()'.) Don't assume the path is right, prove that it's >> right. I will bet you fifty bucks that it isn't. (Monopoly money only.) >> >> Please give ocmplete information in your post. Is this a Windows >> problem or an Android problem? If this is Android, then the path isn't >> even correctly formatted, much less correct. >> >> You should consider using 'System.getProperty("file.separator")' or >> equivalent instead of hard-coding non-portable idioms. >> >> Also, I see no evidence of a URI in your code snippet. How does that >> figure in? >> > > Thanks. > In replying to this I think I have just realized what is wrong. > How to fix it is another matter > What I need is a path I can use. The machine I am looking for is on the LAN, and named "Base". The path on that machine is e:\\Config\\$NetRadioCovers\\Other\\96.7 Ashbourne Radio.jpg" What is the correct path string with the machine name added? -- Dirk The New Futurism : ZERO STATE : http://zerostate.net