Index: jakarta-jmeter-2.3/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSamplerBase.java
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--- jakarta-jmeter-2.3/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSamplerBase.java	(revision 1)
+++ jakarta-jmeter-2.3/src/protocol/http/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/sampler/HTTPSamplerBase.java	(working copy)
@@ -1237,8 +1237,16 @@
 					wasRedirected = true;
 				}
 			}
-		}
-		if (isImageParser() && (HTTPSampleResult.TEXT).equals(res.getDataType()) && res.isSuccessful()) {
+		}		
+		//if jmeter property "parse_images" defined, override checkbox values of httpsampler and http requestdefaults
+		boolean image_parser = false;
+		String use_property = JMeterUtils.getProperty("parse_images");
+		if (use_property != null) {
+			image_parser = Boolean.valueOf(use_property).booleanValue();
+		} else {
+			image_parser = isImageParser();
+		}		
+		if (image_parser && (HTTPSampleResult.TEXT).equals(res.getDataType()) && res.isSuccessful()) {			
 			if (frameDepth > MAX_FRAME_DEPTH) {
 				res.addSubResult(errorResult(new Exception("Maximum frame/iframe nesting depth exceeded."), res));
 			} else {