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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:09:28 +0100
From: Jeremias Maerki <dev@jeremias-maerki.ch>
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Subject: Re: Problem with fop94 locating an aart-image
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Please also note that the fop-ng block provides a URIResolver to FOP. So
special URI schemes should now work inside FO documents. Not sure if it
helps in this case but I have a feeling it would.

On 14.02.2008 21:54:05 Thorsten Scherler wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-14 at 21:08 +0100, Thorsten Scherler wrote:
> ...
> >=20
> > My prior hack to <xsl:value-of select=3D"@src"/> did not work because i=
t
> > seems the resulting document is ignoring the servlet context and use th=
e
> > relative path from himself.=20
>=20
> But http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread84856.html gives the
> impression that it should work.
>=20
> Fueled by http://marc.info/?l=3Dfop-dev&m=3D100719308626996&w=3D2
> "If you want a relative URI, why not just use a relative URI?  I.e.,=20
> src=3D"config/isappdev/applications/RVWebApp1/WEB-INF/lib/ClinTrialLogoGr=
eenBig.gif"?=20
> Then the current protocol, host, and directory will be used as the base U=
RI=20
> and the relative URI interpreted relative to that."
>=20
> http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/fo.html#external-resources
> "URIs may be either absolute or relative to a base URI.=20
> (See FOP: Configuration for information on setting the base=20
> URI for a FOP session). Here is an example referencing=20
> an external-graphic that is relative to the base URI:
> <fo:external-graphic src=3D"url('images/logo.jpg')"/>"
> "
>=20
> If you use the url() then I get "Could not find function: url" since
> this in not a standard xsl 1 function.
>=20
> >=20
> > The problem as I understand it is that=20
> > <fo:external-graphic src=3D"$absoluteUrl"/> needs an absolute url to
> > resolve the image.=20
>=20
> http://www.nabble.com/Help!-URI-for-fo:external-graphic-in-web-service-td=
14657418.html
>=20
> "XSL-FO prescribes that only a=20
> URI is allowed. To go from a filepath to a URI you should rewrite it=20
> something like "file:///c:/project/scr/certificate.gif" (note the=20
> forward slashes!)."
>=20
> Our image does not exist in the file system, only via http://=20
>=20
> salu2
> --=20
> Thorsten Scherler                                 thorsten.at.apache.org
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Jeremias Maerki