hi, In my current case the images would belong to the XML file and not the stylesheet so current is OK with me! For some other case I could need some icons etc from a common directory.
regards Kaarle Kaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremias Maerki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: Re: problem with FOP 0.91.beta and gif images > The command-line of FOP uses the directory of the source XML file (not > the stylesheet) as base directory/URL. If your stylesheet is not in the > same directory as the XML file FOP won't find it if you don't specify an > explicit base directory in the config file. So, the work-around for you > at the moment is to explicitely set the base URL in the config file > (Element: "base"). > > If I'm thinking about it, it is probably a bad idea to use the XML file > as base URL source when a stylesheet is used. Normally, you'd place the > resources for a stylesheet relative to the stylesheet, not the source > XML file. fop-devs, what do you think? It would be easy to fix. On the > other side, 0.20.5 seems to do the same (see > Options.setCommandLineOptions). > > On 10.01.2006 09:38:03 Andreas Grund wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i create a stylesheet containing the following source: > > > > <fo:table-cell column-number="1"> > > <fo:block><fo:external-graphic src="bild1.gif" content-width="75mm"/></fo:block> > > </fo:table-cell> > > > > Everytime i try to publish my xml-file using my stylesheet i got the > > error message: image not available: bild1.gif. But the image file is > > stored in the same folder as the stylesheet. Why does Fop not found the > > image? I use fop 0.91.beta with all jars found in the downloadfile: > > fop-0.91beta-bin-jdk1.4.zip. Do I need some further jars to enable gif > > support in FOP? > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]