How to : Create chat message and picture upload on Perspective

[Ryan_Deardorff]

For picture upload/display:

• Do not store it in a file on the server, but insert as a BLOB into a database (a file will work but is not officially supported by IA and is not guaranteed to continue working)
• Use @pturmel's Blob Server Module to display the image after extracting its data

Automation Professionals' Blob Server Module

Automation Professionals is pleased to announce an alpha release of its new Blob Server Module. Available only for Ignition v8.1, here. The Blob Server Module provides a simple way to deliver images, PDF files, or other binary content from a database to your Perspective clients or other web applications. Without needing the WebDev module. All you need is a Named Query that has appropriate security settings and returns a single row with two columns: Content, and ContentType. Modest documentati…