How to attach an image in xls report

Question

Hi, does anyone knows how to insert an image in excel report?..
We'd been working this for so long and it seems that the report cannot locate/render the image properly ..
I hope someone can give me some tips and help..
Thanks ..
--original sql code  TEXT format                               
OWA_UTIL.MIME_HEADER('application/vnd.ms-excel', TRUE, 'MaGiC_KeY');
HTP.P('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' || V_RPT_TITLE_NO_SPACE || '.xls"');
OWA_UTIL.HTTP_HEADER_CLOSE;
--end of original sql code
--begin DEV mode Insert Image - Logo
--OWA_UTIL.MIME_HEADER('application/vnd.ms-excel', TRUE, 'MaGiC_KeY');
owa_util.mime_header( 'application/octet-stream', FALSE );
htp.p('Content-Type: application/ms-excel');
HTP.P('Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_01CA74F8.C8882F00"');
HTP.P('------=_NextPart_01CA74F8.C8882F00');
htp.p('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="filename.xls"');
-owa_util.http_header_close;
--end DEV mode
base64 code (image)
HTP.P('------=_NextPart_01CA74F8.C8882F00
Content-Location: file:image001.jpg
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Type: image/jpeg
/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgAAZABkAAD/7AARRHVja3kAAQAEAAAAUAAA/+4ADkFkb2JlAGTAAAAAAf/b
AIQAAgICAgICAgICAgMCAgIDBAMCAgMEBQQEBAQEBQYFBQUFBQUGBgcHCAcHBg.....')

Answer 1

Two thoughts.
The first is to ask Microsoft since it is their software.
The second is to throw Excel away and get a real report writer like Business Objects or Cognos or one of the many report creating projects Oracle provides.
Excel, by definition, is a violation of audit trail rules.