Popup Image not showing, but click and it shows?

[TimHayes]

Here is the code for my popups to show images (photos hyperlinked to a point):
?xml version="1.0" ?>
<configuration>
    <title>Photo of Buried Utilities</title>
    <description>
        <![CDATA[<b>Date of Photo: </b>{GPS_Date}]]>
    </description>    
    <fields>
        <field name="GPS_Date" visible="false"/>
        <field name="Photo_1_Link" visible="false"/>
    </fields>
    <medias>
        <media type="image" imagesource="{Photo_1_Link}" imagelink="{Photo_1_Link}"/>
    </medias>
</configuration>


Attached is what I see when I go into the Flex Viewer (3.6). When I click inside the empty frame where the image is supposed to appear, a separate window opens and the image appears. I would like the image to appear inside the empty frame also.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Tim,

   If your Photo_1_Link field does not contain a url that ends with .jpg, .gif, or .png then it will not display the image in the popup. You may also being having an issue with security that is preventing the image from displaying. Is the photo coming from the same domain as your viewer application?

[TimHayes]

It appears to be a security issue.

I assume I need to Share the folder containing the photos?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Tim,

   What does your Photo_1_Link value look like for any given record?

[TimHayes]

It is not a URL. It is direct link to a folder on my server machine \\mygisserver\mapdata\GPSPhotos\photo1432.jpg

The folder is not shared and there is no virtual directory created.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP · Accepted solution]

Tim,

   As a unc path like that is not a valid url you will not get a thumbnail preview in a popup. You need to create a virtual directory to get a valid url and then paste the whole url in your field.