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Where do digital image files reside?
Images used in GUI design may reside in a number of places. When you define a resource there is a selection for the storage type. That selection determines where APPX will look for the files.

DESIGN FILE is the most convenient. In this case you place the images in a $APPXPATH/vv/aaa/Resource directory. When the application is moved, the images move with it. If the images appx.gif were placed in the .../Resource directory, the path in the 'Named Resource' would simply be appx.gif.

SERVER FILE means that the images are stored somewhere on the server. The path to that location will be entered into the resource. When the process is run, the image is retrieved from that location and sent down to the client.

CLIENT FILE is the client side of that. You must insure that the images are loaded to each individual client machine. If the images are on a shared drive, the client must be able to access that path to the images.

The Named Resource path may be something like /home/images/appx.gif for a SERVER FILE on a Unix server, or x:\images\appx.gif for a shared drive on a Windows client.

SERVER URL and CLIENT URL can be used to access images across the internet. SERVER URL will currently work on a Windows/NT server. The path would be an address that can be resolved by the client.

DIRECT is not currently used.

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