Dynamic Image Display in XML Publisher

OA Media Directory Reference 

(XML Publisher Report Designer's Guide Release 12 Part No. B31410-01 )

Note: This method only applies to Oracle E-Business Suite installations.

1. Insert a dummy image in your template.

2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the OA_MEDIA directory:

url:{'${OA_MEDIA}/image name'}

For example, enter:

url:{'${OA_MEDIA}/ORACLE_LOGO.gif'}

Element Reference from XML File

1. Insert a dummy image in your template.

2. In Microsoft Word's Format Picture dialog box select the Web tab. Enter the following syntax in the Alternative text region to reference the image URL:

url:{IMAGE_LOCATION}

where IMAGE_LOCATION is an element from your XML file that holds the full

URL to the image.

You can also build a URL based on multiple elements at runtime. Just use the concat function to build the URL string. For example:

url:{concat(SERVER,'/',IMAGE_DIR,'/',IMAGE_FILE)}

where SERVER, IMAGE_DIR, and IMAGE_FILE are element names from your XML

file that hold the values to construct the URL.

This method can also be used with the OA_MEDIA reference as follows:

url:{concat('${OA_MEDIA}','/',IMAGE_FILE)}