Placing dynamic image on PDF

Hi Folks
I have another question regarding placing images on my PDF Form.
I know how to add static images by embedding them on the page, but now the requirement is to only display one of four images based on certain criteria.
My first question is Where do I store these four images? In KM?
and How to I retrieve the href for the image before binding the context to the Image Field?
Thanks in advance
Anton Kruse

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That was exactly* I was looking for. Maybe I should Google more in German ;-)
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http://marcsewtz.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html (Dynamic Images in PDF - What 32k Limit? )
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