Not able to display images

<%
BufferedReader in = new java.io.BufferedReader(new FileReader("C:\\Users\\Avinash\\Desktop\\testfile.txt"));
String pagesize = in.readLine();
String queryimage = in.readLine();
in.close();
%>
The page size is <%= pagesize%><br>
This is the query image:<br>
<a href=<%=queryimage%>> <img src=<%=queryimage%> border="2" width="150" height="150" alt="Alternative Image"/></a>

The contents of the testfile are
300
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\42.jpg
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\45.jpg
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\46.jpg
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\47.jpg
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\48.jpg
C:\Users\Avinash\Desktop\sampleimages\8.jpg

I am able to display the pagesize but not the images.The alternate text appears.
Why is it happening??

Hi Avinash,

Welcome to JavaRanch!!

Please use Code tags to post the source code.

Also in.readLine() doesnt move to the next line. So you need to move to the next line and then read the next line. You can also try using Scanner to read it.

I am sure that it reads the next line.I tried printing it and it always automatically goes to the next line.

Avinash Bhashyam wrote:I am sure that it reads the next line.I tried printing it and it always automatically goes to the next line.

Are you missing the Double qoutes for the src and href attributes of img and a tags respectively? You can have a look at the HTML generated by this JSP and see if its what you were expecting.

No.I am using then.I am able to do it the same way in java script.But even specifying the source directly dosent work

So the generated result looks something like this?
That will not work. If you want to point to files in your local file system then use the "file://" notation and do not try do it the windows way.

EDIT: OK, it might work on Internet Explorer but not on all browsers

Note that using file-system references means that the images will work in your browser, but no one else's!

I was kinda waiting that to be his next question

BUT, it might be that he really IS designing a web application that will work only in his own machine!

Yes its only for my machine but still i am not able to display images.

Avinash Bhashyam wrote:Yes its only for my machine but still i am not able to display images.

And you tried adding the quotes AND tried to use the file://C:/dir/image.jpg syntax I mentioned?

yes
<img src="file://C:/sampleimages/1.jpg" border="2" width="150" height="150" alt="Alternative Image"/>
this is what i used

Ok. Sorry, I am all out of ideas.
This is not a jsp issue anymore but a html syntax issue.

Ilari Moilanen wrote:This is not a jsp issue anymore but a html syntax issue.

Or possibly a browser security issue. But it's still a weird idea and (in my opinion) a problem not worth solving. You don't use JSP for that sort of thing anyway.