Hi,
I would like to make use of graphic objects stored in BLOBs from within a BO
Report (e.g. display a gif or OLE object). Has anyone experience with this?
Thanks,
Matthias Ochs
Novartis Crop Protection
Listserv Archives (BOB member since 2002-06-25)
Matthias,
It seems that BO 4 is only able to handle TEXT blobs. We set up a
universe on an Informix database but we could not display the data that
was stored in a byte blob.
Furthermore, I found this in the FAQ for 4.0.x
“Q. Does BusinessObjects support BLOB fields?
A. Yes, BusinessObjects 4.0.x has some support for BLOB fields, such as
TEXT ones (typed as LONG TEXT). We also provide standard support on
bitmap
files, through Reporter formulas. You can add a cell with a formula:
=“C:\MyPictures\Customer001.bmp”, and format it as a bitmap. You can
also
add variable names so that the bitmap changes according to the number
of
the customers retrieved, for instance. In addition, these pictures can
be
accessed from a shared disk on the network.”
Best regards,
Thierry Vandenplas
DHL International N.V.
Belgium
matthias.ochs@CP.NOVARTIS.COM wrote:
I would like to make use of graphic objects stored in BLOBs from within a BO
Report (e.g. display a gif or OLE object). Has anyone experience with this?
Listserv Archives (BOB member since 2002-06-25)