Image Display

[David McFarlane]

Well, not directly in C:, that sort of cavalier file placement deeply 
violates modern IT management principles (and may pose a security 
hazard).  Put your files at least in some folder beneath C:\, 
possibly somewhere beneath All Users (or Public on Vista/Win7).

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder


ben robinson wrote:
>another idea would be to place the files in the same place on each 
>computer.  don't put them in an individual user's folder, or a 
>desktop folder specific to one or another user's login, rather, 
>place the folder directly in C:.
>
>ben
>
>On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:05 PM, David McFarlane 
><<mailto:mcfarla9 at msu.edu>mcfarla9 at msu.edu> wrote:
>Dave,
>
>Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff 
>really does like to take any and all questions at 
><http://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.asp>http://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.asp 
>, and they strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours -- this 
>is pretty much their substitute for proper documentation, so make 
>full use of it.  3) If you do get an answer from PST Web Support, 
>please extend the courtesy of posting their reply back here for the 
>sake of others.
>
>That said, here is my take ...
>
>Either restructure your program to put all your image files directly 
>into the the same folder as the experiment program file so that you 
>do not need to use a path, or use a relative instead of an absolute 
>path name within your program.  And if you do use path names, make 
>sure to use forward slashes "/" instead of backslashes "\" (sorry, I 
>don't have the link on hand for where I discuss this more fully, but 
>you can look that up yourself).
>
>-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
>
>
>
>I need to put my E-Prime task onto about 6 other computers and it has
>4 Image Display slides. The problem is, when I move the file from one
>computer to the next, the path to the image is no longer correct and
>it will not load correctly. Any hints or tips?
>Thanks,
>Dave

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