custom tag to show the right icon for a file extension

[frank11]

hi everyone... I'm wondering if anyone out there knows about a custom tag that will parse out the file extension for a give file and display the appropriate icon for it.

For example:
1. any txt, pdf, doc, rtf would show a document style graphic
2. any gif, bmp, jpg, jpeg, png would show a graphic style graphic

Thanks

 

[ecobb]

If you have the graphic you want displayed, you could easily do this with a few lines of code.



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[imstillatwork]

just make a simple structure

strIcons = structNew()

and populate it with document extensions and icon filenames

strIcons.doc = "doc.gif"
strIcons.txt = "doc.gif"
strIcons.rtf = "doc.gif"
strIcons.xls = "xls.gif"
strIcons.mpg = "video.gif"
strIcons.avi = "video.gif"


They when choosing an icon (in a function or tag to make it easy) check to see if you have an icon for that filetype, and dispplay it, or a default icon. Populate the icon structure from a database if you want.


<cfif structKeyExists(strIcons,fileExtension)>
<img src=....strIcons[fileExtension] />
</cfelse>
<img src=...genericblankicon.gif />
</cfif>

Kevin

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