Marc and Mark - 

Quoting Rander:

Quote:
I've googled for this, but can't find the answer...

I need to reference an image in JavaScript. Unfortunately, the link (obviously) contains backslashes, which need to be escaped in JavaScript. So I have done this:

var Image = "$DPIMAGES.image.gif";
Image = Image.replace("\\","\\\\");

But Image ends up containing just "file://C:Documents and SettingsRanderApplication DataDVD ProfilerTempDesignImage.gif" - all the backslashes have gone...

What to do? 

The backslashes need to be escaped before they become part of the javascript string - in the code you gave, the backslashes are removed by the JScript engine as it parses the first line of your script. Consequently, the second line isn't actually doing anything at all.

I haven't played around with v3 much yet, so there might be a variable in HEADER_VARS that you can use (if not, then please add it Ken!). Otherwise you'll need to do something like this (untested).

<img src="$DPIMAGES.image.gif" id="myImage" />

<script type="text/javascript">
var Image = document.getElementById("myImage"); //reference to <IMG> element
var ImagePath = Image.getAttribute("src"); //the path to the image - which will be automatically escaped
</script>

Sorry for this empty post. I used the wong thread and this is the reason why I deleted the post