Dynamic URL's in RTF Template

I know I can uset the url:{'c:\logo.gif'} in a picture to dynamically load a gif into by report, but how do I do it if I want the location of the gif to come in on the XML so that I can have different logos or signatures based on the report data?

Build the URL dynamically. Use an if-then-else or choose test based on some attribute. Then the url can be set using concat (as an example).
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12844_01/doc/bip.1013/e12187/T421739T481157.htm
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>
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