Re: Images in UNIX SQR reports

[Steve Wowelko <SAWOWELK@SYR.EDU>]

Hi Bruce,

I've spent weeks trying to get this to work.
I finally did get it to work.

Here's what I had to do-

Declare your printer as an HP printer.  I used a PeopleSoft supplied .sqc:
#include 'setup31.sqc'    !Portrait HP Printer

Declare your image as an HPGL image:
declare-image A1
  type=HPGL-FILE
  source='/opt/psoft/syracuse/hrsa750/sqr/iofiles/registr/signature.hpg'   ! 
location on UNIX server
  image-size=(40,6)
end-declare

Then just print the image:
print-image A1 (66,8)

The real (frustrating) problem is creating an HPGL file that SQR likes.
I have tried various graphic packages to do this to no avail.
There is a SQR that will convert  a .bmp file to an .hpg (HPGL) format.
It is found at the following web site:
http://www.ontko.com/sqr/bmp_to_hpg.sqr

It is shareware written by Ray Ontko.  It does a wonderful job converting 
images. (thank you Ray!)

Hope this helps.

Stephen Wowelko, EDP
Syracuse University - Information Systems



>>> jwillson@DSSLTD.COM 01/02/02 02:12AM >>>
Hi Bruce.  See the print-image command.  Note that on UNIX only reports I have
only used this command with postscript reports.  So before invoking the command
I also do an image sizing procedure to ensure the image is scaled (with an 
aspect
ratio) into the area that is being printed.  I no longer have a copy of UNIX
based SQR to test this on and provide examples; however, I can confirm that
SQRs developed under WINNT BR 6 using postscript and nonpostscript when run
on UNIX BR 6 just execute faster and print the same.  (both gif and jpg.  I
don't know about bmp) So write and debug with NT and run production with UNIX


Hope this helps.

John Willson

Another approach

graphic box somesize
print-image
  type= gif-file
  source = 'myimage.gif'
  image-size = somesize
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