[reportlab-users] Image: jpeg_fh crashing

[Robin Becker]

Marek Kubica wrote:

> Hi!

> 

> When I add an image to my platypus layout it keeps on crashing:

> 

> Traceback (most recent call last):

> File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py"

> in get_response 77. response = callback(request, *callback_args,

> **callback_kwargs) File

> "/home/django/pointtec/../pointtec/catalog/views.py" in choice 60.

> return render_presentation(selected_watches) File

> "/home/django/pointtec/../pointtec/catalog/views.py" in

> render_presentation 127. frame.addFromList(story, canvas) File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/platypus/frames.py"

> in addFromList 217. if self.add(head,canv,trySplit=0): File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/platypus/frames.py"

> in _add 157. flowable.drawOn(canv, self._x + self._leftExtraIndent, y,

> _sW=aW-w) File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/platypus/flowables.py"

> in drawOn 102. self._drawOn(canvas) File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/platypus/flowables.py"

> in _drawOn 86. self.draw()#this is the bit you overload File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/platypus/flowables.py"

> in draw 383. mask=self._mask, File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/pdfgen/canvas.py"

> in drawImage 629. imgObj = pdfdoc.PDFImageXObject(name, image,

> mask=mask) File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/pdfbase/pdfdoc.py"

> in __init__ 1842. self.loadImageFromSRC(source) File

> "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Reportlab-2.1-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/reportlab/pdfbase/pdfdoc.py"

> in loadImageFromSRC 1891. fp = im.jpeg_fh()

> 

>   AttributeError at /catalog/choice/

>   'unicode' object has no attribute 'jpeg_fh'

> 

> Any idea why this is happening? Ah, the image path is passed as unicode

> object, but I'd be very surprised if that would be a problem.

> 

> I am using Python 2.5.1 with Reportlab 2.1.

> 

> Thanks in advance!

> 

> regards,

> Marek

.......

are you feeding in a unicode filename? That won't work in current reportlab (or 2.10

-- 
Robin Becker