What do you suggest how to handle images?

[former_member184588]

Hello,

I would like to develop a book administration program in web dynpro but I have no clue how to handle the images. There are several points I would like to take care about. The frontend is wd4a and the backend is abap. There will also be an iPhone App that connects via WebServices that also need the data and the images.

What do you think is the best possibility to save the images?db via blob, file system, ...

Are there examples how to upload the images via web dynpro and transfer it to the backend?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Vanessa

[former_member186750 · Accepted solution]

Hi Vanessa,

Sounds like you have an interesting development ahead.

I would recommend you start by checking out Thomas Jungs E-Learning [here|https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/EmTech/IslandsWDA_MUploader] on uploading images using Flash Islands and WDA.

Cheers,

Neil.

[former_member184588 · Accepted solution]

Hello Neil,

thanks for the link. Looks good so far.

Has someone more tipps?

thanks, Vanessa

[ChrisPaine · Accepted solution]

Hello,

I'd echo Neil's thoughts - definitely store your images in tables as they are transactional data. Creating a DB table with variable length data isn't difficult - just specify the datatype as rawstring.

You can then easily read from the db and serve these images in image UI elements, I'm guessing the row repeater UI element is going to be very useful for you.

Does sound like a good fun project!

Cheers,

Chris

[former_member184588 · Accepted solution]

Hello Chris,

thanks for your reply. Yes, sounds like a fun project. Nevertheless there a things a have no clue about (like the handling of the images) and it is difficult for me to solve them because I just started with the development. So I am happy about every link / hint that shows how to solve it.

cu,

Vanessa