Re: [xep-support] Problem with external graphic when using embedding XEP 4.2

Hello Greg,

What version of XEP are you using?

Could you please send us the code snippet that includes all steps of the
document transformation and rendering along with a short sample document.
Please use our private support address: support@renderx.com

Best regards,
  Alexei Gagarinov
RenderX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Ludington" <gludington@gmail.com>
To: <xep-support@renderx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [xep-support] Problem with external graphic when using
embedding XEP 4.2

> Thank you for the response. The URLs in question are absolute,
> however, and, when I set the system id explicitly in code, e.g.
>
> jaxpsrc.setSystemId(foo);
> style.setSystemId(bar);
>
> I still see the same error.
>
> -Greg
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 05:49:32 +0300, Alexei Gagarinov
> <agagarinov@renderx.com> wrote:
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > > "attribute image-base-url is required but missing"
> >
> > It means that the System ID of your input source is null.
> > Set System ID in your code explicitly.
> >
> > > Why am I getting this error message?
> >
> > If System ID is null, XEP doesn't means to recognize the base point from
> > which relative URLs would be resolved.
> >
> > > Why is the exact same XSL working in XEP Assistant?
> >
> > When you run XEP with command line or through XEP Assistant, this base
point
> > is your input source file (XML or XSL-FO).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alexei Gagarinov
> > RenderX
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]
> > On Behalf Of Greg Ludington
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 4:08 AM
> > To: xep-support@renderx.com
> > Subject: [xep-support] Problem with external graphic when using
embedding
> > XEP 4.2
> >
> > I am attemping to generate PDF output using an external graphic. I
> > have a transformation that works fine using the xep assistant, but
> > when called from my own application, it fails, saying that
> >
> > "attribute image-base-url is required but missing"
> >
> > Here is the relevant bit of the XSLT that triggers the problem:
> >
> > <fo:external-graphic src="url('http://images.slashdot.org/title.gif')"/>
> >
> > I am not using slashdot's images, of course, but I hard-coded the
> > image reference to remove the XML source from the equation as I am
> > testing.
> >
> > When I run this from the XEP assistant, I get a PDF with the slashdot
> > logo across the top of the page. When I call an embedded instance of
> > XEP using this:
> >
> > target = new FOTarget(out, format);
> > trans = transformerFactory.newTransformer(style);
> > fot = new FOTransformer(trans, xepFormatter);
> > fot.transform(jaxpsrc, target);
> >
> > (format ="pdf", jaxpsrc and style are SAXSources, xepFormatter is my
> > previously initialized XEP instance)
> >
> > Why am I getting this error message, and why is the exact same XSL
> > working in XEP Assistant?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg Ludington
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