[Zope] External methods and images

[Tony McDonald]

>
>Your external method returns the binary image, while the <!--#var--> 
>tag expects data it can include into a _textual_ document. DTML 
>Methods and Documents should return a textual format, not binairy 
>image data.
>
>To include an image into a HTML document, you can best give the URL 
>of your external method to the browser, like so:
>
><IMG SRC="/img?src=s1cb.gif">
>
>The browser will then request that URL from the server, and will get 
>the image, wich it will place into it's proper place in the rendered 
>HTML document.
>
>
>--
>Martijn Pieters, Web Developer

Oh...mi....gawd. It works. Beautifully.

I need to go back and read the Zope Docs again (and then again). I'm 
using <!--#var xyz--> far too much it seems.

Many many thanks Martijn, I think you've helped a rather large 
lightbulb go off in my nut.

Cheers again.
Tone.
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