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[JM] 12Feb2012 - the file index.html.tmpl on the "image file upload, cookies, sessions" example on [Wibble examples] is somehow connected to the "image.script" file mentioned in step 3, how that works?

[AMG]: image.script serves the images; that's all it does.  I'll repeat it here, annotated with copious comments:

======tcl
# If there is a sessionid cookie in the header,
if {[dict exists $header cookie sessionid ""]} {
  # Link the local session variable to an element in the global session array.
  # The linked element is the one whose key is the same as the value stored in
  # the sessionid cookie.  It's quite possible that the element doesn't exist,
  # but create the link anyway.
  upvar #0 sessions([dict get $header cookie sessionid ""]) session
}

# If:
# 1. [info exists session]: there was a sessionid cookie, and there exists an
#    associated element in the global sessions array,
# 2. [dict exists $session imagetype]: the imagetype dict element exists in
#    the value stored in the session variable,
# 3. [dict exists $session imagedata]: and the imagedata dict element exists,
if {[info exists session] && [dict exists $session imagetype]
 && [dict exists $session imagedata]} {
  # Serve the image to the client.  Use the imagetype dict element as the HTTP
  # content-type, and use the imagedata dict element as the content.
  dict set response header content-type [dict get $session imagetype]
  dict set response content [dict get $session imagedata]
} else {
  # But if any of that stuff wasn't true (e.g., no session data), 404 error.
  dict set response status 404
}
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[JM] 13Mar2012 - Thanks for the explanation, what I do not understand is what is it triggering this code (i.e. I was expecting image.script to be part of the ACTION form so that whenever the submit button is clicked, such action is then triggered). I may be missing something basic, I appreciate your help.

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