Incorporating dynamic images (encoded SVG)

rwbrankin

<p>Trying to incorporate dynamic image into report. Have followed a couple of related threads. Data source contains encoded SVG image. Have edited image properties thus</p><p> </p><p>Have set "Type expression" to be: "image/svg+xml"</p><p>Have set "Value expression" to be: row["im"]</p><p> </p><p>Have set "On create" to be:</p><p> </p><div>importPackage(Packages.javax.imageio);</div><div>importPackage(Packages.java.io);</div><div>importPackage(Packages.sun.misc);</div><div>decoder = new BASE64Decoder();</div><div>decodedBytes = decoder.decodeBuffer(this.getRowData().getColumnValue("im"));</div><div>this.data = decodedBytes;</div><p> </p><p>I'm using BIRT Report Designer Release Build 4.3.1 - Mac OS X (Cocoa 64)</p><p> </p><p>In the report designer Preview pane I get a question mark icon</p><p>In the web viewer I get the question mark icon</p><p>When viewed as PDF I get Current report item is not supported in this report format</p><p> </p><p>When viewed as PostScript I get Current report item is not supported in this report format</p><p>When viewed as docx, alt-text for the image is Current report item is not supported in this report format</p><p> </p><p>Rest of report is working as expected without </p><p> </p><p>What am I missing to make this work and display SVG images? Will eventually be deployed in Windows environment but development taking place on MAC OS X.</p><p> </p><p>Thank in advance for any tips. Richard</p><div> </div>

kclark

<p>Can you attach one of the strings you're trying to decode in a text file?  Also, have you tested this in a windows environment to make sure it's not something specific to your env?  I wouldn't think it would be, but it's worth testing.</p>