APEX 4.0.2.00.77 and BI Publisher Desktop - No images!!!
I have a very simple apex report that pulls a list of items, along with a URL for a picture which is stored on a server.
I have successfully setup the RTF in both version 10 and 11 of BI Publisher desktop using the XML data extracted from the APEX shared component report (download). I tried 11.x first but downgraded because of the issues below wondering if there was a version problem.
The Word BI plugin produces an exact copy of the report I need with images in both 10 and 11 , however, I'm unable, in any way, to get the image to show up correctly in the APEX generated PDF report after uploading and using the BI Print Server.
To get the IMAGE to show in the PDF generated from the BI PUBLISHER DESKTOP tool, I altered the picture field to use the following code:
<fo:external-graphic src="{IMAGE_PDF}" />
Repeating ROW data:
NAME || SALE PRICE || SAVINGS% || PICTURE (.jpg)
...repeat rows
That line above itself took several days to figure out. I'm more than a little frustrated that it's 2011 and including a simple IMAGE on a report is this much of a manual and difficult chore. Like I said, it works FINE from the BI DESKTOP plugin for work, however in APEX, it generates the report MINUS the images (just a blank column).
Can anyone offer any assistance with this .. please. I'm about ready to shoot my computer.
Edited by: Canucklehead on Mar 25, 2011 1:22 PM