Jim,
In response to your question above:
That said, would simply copying the images to a location on the server eliminate the need for a virtual directory? If the path field in my photo location point file is pointing to a local directory on the server would that be stable and reliable - and display an image in the pop-up? |
Yes, if you have permissions, you can copy them to the folder that your flexviewer app resides and can access it through a url if you copy it to the correct location.
So, if my flexviewer resides in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\flexviewers\37\PublicWorks\ on Machine_B, and I make a folder named pics in there with my images (say chester.jpg for example), I can then link to them with a URL as such:
http://machine_B/flexviewers/37/publicworks/pics/chester.jpg .
This way there is no need for a virtual directory as you are actually putting a copy of the pics in the IIS directory itself. However, if you have the permissions needed to create a new folder in the IIS directories, you probably also have the permission required to create the virtual directory.
Not the "best" way, but it does work,
R_