LOGO in PDF file (Apache FOP)

Question

Hi all...I'm using the Apache FOP PDF printing option with the jsp packaged in the AppEx 3.0.1 install. I would like to put a logo in the header of the generated PDF file. I made a compy of the default generic columns layout and added this to the header section in Page Template:
<fo:block>
Test Header Changes
<fo:external-graphic src="file:///tmp/FastenalLogo.png"/>
</fo:block>
The following error is then generated in the logs:
07/10/31 10:50:44 [INFO] Using oracle.xml.parser.v2.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
07/10/31 10:50:44 [INFO] building formatting object tree
07/10/31 10:50:44 [INFO] setting up fonts
07/10/31 10:50:51 [INFO] [1]
07/10/31 10:50:51 [WARNING] table-layout=auto is not supported, using fixed!
07/10/31 10:50:53 [ERROR] Error while creating area : Error creating FopImage ob ject (file:/tmp/FastenalLogo.png) : Jimi image library not available
07/10/31 10:50:54 [INFO] [2]
07/10/31 10:50:55 [ERROR] Error while creating area : Error creating FopImage ob ject (file:/tmp/FastenalLogo.png) : Jimi image library not available
07/10/31 10:50:55 [INFO] [3]
07/10/31 10:50:55 [ERROR] Error while creating area : Error creating FopImage ob ject (file:/tmp/FastenalLogo.png) : Jimi image library not available
07/10/31 10:50:56 [INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
I also tried using a URL (with appropriate syntax), but that generated these errors:
07/10/31 10:44:14 [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this ty pe of image (http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg)
07/10/31 10:44:14 [INFO] [3]
07/10/31 10:44:15 [ERROR] Could not load external SVG: http://epsilon.fastenal.c om:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg<Line 1, Column 50>: XML-20190: (Fatal Error) Whitespa ce required.
07/10/31 10:44:15 [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this ty pe of image (http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg)
07/10/31 10:44:15 [INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
Is it not possible to import an external image file into a PDF rendered by the Apache FOP? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Leigh

Answer 1

Hi Carl --
I changed the image source to this:
<xsl:variable name="_SECTION_NAME" select="string('master0')"/>
<fo:static-content flow-name="region-header">
<fo:block>
Test Header Changes
<fo:external-graphic src="http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg" />
</fo:block>
<fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="text text_2 text_0 #PAGE_HEADER_ALIGNMENT#">
<fo:inline xsl:use-attribute-sets="page-header">#PAGE_HEADER#</fo:inline>
</fo:block>
</fo:static-content>
I can access the image through my web browser using the URL, but my log is throwing these errors:
07/10/31 13:01:18 [WARNING] table-layout=auto is not supported, using fixed!
07/10/31 13:01:20 [ERROR] Could not load external SVG: http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg<Line 1, Column 50>: XML-20190: (Fatal Error) Whitespace required.
07/10/31 13:01:20 [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this type of image (http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg)
07/10/31 13:01:20 [INFO] [2]
07/10/31 13:01:21 [ERROR] Could not load external SVG: http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg<Line 1, Column 50>: XML-20190: (Fatal Error) Whitespace required.
07/10/31 13:01:21 [ERROR] Error while creating area : No ImageReader for this type of image (http://epsilon.fastenal.com:7784/i/FastenalLogo.jpg)
07/10/31 13:01:21 [INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
Could the fo block be in the wrong place in the document? I'm not very familiar with XSL-FO and may have just placed it wrong.
One other thing I just noticed. The webserver is actually using SSL, which on windows systems results in a pop-up about security. If I change the URL to https using the SSL port, I receive a message about security certificates.
Thanks,
Leigh
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ljohnson74