Question

In my .xsl file I am using external graphics like this
<fo:external-graphic width="90pt" height="29pt" src="url(xsl/logo.jpg)"/>

But image is not getting loaded in the generated PDF and I get this error in console.
[ERROR] Error while creating area : Error with image URL: xsl\logo.jpg (The system cannotfind the path specified) and no base URL is specified

How do I solve this issue? I guess setting the base URL will do. But how to set the base URL? Please help.

Answer 1

I got a solution from this link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XSL-FO/message/6116

set base dir using Java code

ServletContext servletContext = getServletConfig().getServletContext();

String appPath = servletContext.getRealPath(""); //root of web app
org.apache.fop.configuration.Configuration.put("baseDir",appPath);

This worked for me.
Please post if you know any better solution.