Use background Image in PDF report

Hello,

I have a huge jpg image that I want to set it to the background in a pdf report. The report is 8.5x11in letter size, and I want the image to just fit the entire page.

The image file is big. It's 3300x2550. If I just put the filename in the "Background image" property, I will only see a "corner" of the image on the report because the image is too big and it seems BIRT cannot automatically resize it.

Therefore, I have to use an image editor to resize the image. But there is still a problem. Even I make an image which exactly fits the size of 8.5x11in page, it is still bigger than the report. I found BIRT stretches its background image anyway so I have to make the image smaller than the page. As a result, my image looks "fuzzy."

Is there a better way to set the background?
Thank you.

Larry

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Larrykash

Hello,

Can someone answer this?

Larry

mwilliams

Hi Larry,

What version of BIRT are you using? Can you attach the image file so I can try with it?

Larrykash

My image file is too big and I cannot attach it here. 
I put it here: 
<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~wl318/kc/'>Index of /~wl318/kc</a> 
The backgroung image is bkOriginal.jpg 
 
I want to put this on a 11x8.5in PDF page, but it's "too big." 
Therefore I resize it to bkSmall.jpg. 
bkSmall just fits the PDF page, but the words at the bottom, the address and phone, become "fuzzy." 
 
I think I'm using BIRT 2.3.2 on Eclipse 3.4.2. I also used a trial version of BIRT Report Designer Pro, which I downloaded a month ago from BIRT Exchange website. 
Thank you. 
 
 
Larry

mwilliams

Larry,

This issue seems to be resolved in the latest milestone of version 2.5. The larger image fits perfectly on 11x8.5 and is very clear.

Larrykash

I just tried 2.5, and yes, it looks perfect. Thanks.

mwilliams

Larry,

No problem. Glad I could help. Let us know whenever you have questions.