Dynamic Image Location in JRC

<p>Hi !</p><p> </p><p>We are interested in using so called dynamic image location future in JRC. So far we are unsucessful, so the question is, is it supported in JRC ? We are able to get dynamic image location future working in report designer, but when our report is exported there is no image only path to it. </p><p> </p><p>We use Crystal Reports 11 R2, Java Reporting Component in JSP version.</p><br /><p>Mac</p>

I have a couple of reports working with dynamic images. CR4E doesn't support this (yet?!?), but you can still do it with the JRC. The big kicker is the syntax of your URL. If you're using a static image on a server somewhere, it should work with no problem. However, if you're using a generated image, it's a little trickier. I discovered this when I was creating a report with barcode labels. The barcodes were not getting generated. I turned on debugging and found that the JRC was screwing up my url. The url was as follows http://myserver/barcode?message=12345 67890&format=datamatrix.
In the logs, the JRC said it couldn't find an image at the url
http://myserver/barcodemessage=12345+67890&format=datamatrix. It was stripping out the ? in the url, which is kind of an important character to say the least. I messed around with it and eventually found that if I just put ?? instead of ?, the image would display correctly with the JRC. Hope this helps! If not, post what version of the JRC you're using and the URL you're using for the image location.

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Hi Experts
How can I use Dynamic Image location in my Crystal Reports?
Thnaks in advance
AG

Techy Guy,
In the properties of your image, you can set the location as a formula. Here, you can set the path by IF-ELSE statements:
IF {letter.city} IN ["Arnemuiden","Kleverskerke","Middelburg","Middleburg","Nieuw- en Sint Joosland","Sint Laurens"]
OR LowerCase({letter.city}) LIKE "*joosland"
THEN ".\Middelburg.png"
ELSE
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    THEN ".\Vlissingen.png"
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You could even use a field to define the image name:
".\Flags\" + {Customers_.Country} + ".png"
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Dynamic image in the template builder plug-in does not work

Hi all,
The documentation says:
Direct Insertion
Insert the jpg, gif, or png image directly in your template.
+...This works obviously+
URL Reference
1. Insert a dummy image in your template.
2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:
url:{'http://image location'}
For example, enter: url:{'http://www.oracle.com/images/ora_log.gif'}
+...This works too when I hardcode an url as url:{'http://www.google.com.tr/images/firefox/mobiledownload.png'}+
Element Reference from XML File
1. Insert a dummy image in your template.
2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:
url:{IMAGE_LOCATION}
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+...This, however, does not work.+
I use Apex' report query tool and My query is like
select 'http://www.google.com.tr/images/firefox/mobiledownload.png' IMAGE_LOCATION from ... (a single result set for my template)
the xml data is generated with an IMAGE_LOCATION tag. I load it to word template plug-in. The Url successfully displays in the report if I make it a plain-simple field.
But when it's in the image format->web->alt text as url:{IMAGE_LOCATION} no image displayed.
I need to keep this design procedure simple so a simple word user could design a report via using just template builder plug-in. I don't wish to explore the xsl-fo area...yet.
Could you tell me why I can't get this url:{IMAGE_LOCATION} to work?
Regards
PS: My BI version: 10.1.3.4.1
Edited by: oeren on Jun 8, 2011 12:28 AM

Oeren,
I stumbled across this little tidbit buried in the BI Publisher forum: Dynamic Images in rtf
Glad you are up and running!
Joshua

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Why?
Can you help me?
Thanks.
Joe

Hi,
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"You can use a database field to point to which picture file to use, then you won't be using up valuable memory space importing the images into your data set. And the Logo's now dynamic...." - this seems to suggest that the database field is a string storing the file location on disk. Yes? I don't care about memory space in this case and I'm happy to load a binary file into a byte[] column if there is a way of displaying it.
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HI everybody,
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Regards,
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