Article - CS317585

Using ImageWidget with a dot (".") in the Media Entity name will reset the Widget's SourceURL in ThingWorx 8.5.0

Modified: 24-Jun-2020   


Applies To

  • ThingWorx Platform 8.5

Description

  • Using ImageWidget with a dot (".") in the Media Entity name will reset the Widget's SourceURL
  • MediaEntity will not display a proper preview in the ImageWidget's SourceURL, instead a "link" (chain) icon is displayed.
  • The MediaEntity itself does display the picture properly
  • If setting the MediaEntity, clicking on another Widget and going back to the MediaEntity will reset the SourceURL to empty
  • URLs in F12 Tools for the Image Widget background-image
    • working: url(/Thingworx/MediaEntities/<myImage.Test>);
    • non-working:  url(/Thingworx/MediaEntities);
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