# Image from Network Drive

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79, vision\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126 "2021-10-19T18:49:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126/1 "2021-10-19T18:49:43Z")

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Is it possible to use the image component in vision to access an image located in a mounted network drive setup using the Ignition config file wrapper? IE `file:///F:///250x250///SELIA-41.jpg` will display image from mounted network drive `F` without it being mounted on the client machine.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126/2 "2021-10-19T18:51:27Z")

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When given a path like this it is relative to the client’s filesystem, not the gateway, so no.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126/3 "2021-10-19T18:53:21Z")

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Can the path be modified for gateway access?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126/4 "2021-10-19T18:55:55Z")

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I think you’d need to host the images somehow, using either WebDev or maybe putting them in some special web dir on the gateway, and then use a URL to access them.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/image-from-network-drive/52126/5 "2021-10-19T19:18:19Z")

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Turned out to be an id-10-t error (idiot). The images are already hosted and can be accessed with a full url path, doh!. Thanks for the insight.