[reportlab-users] Page background image with Platypus?

[Stephan Diehl]

Erik Wickstrom wrote:

> Hi,

> 

> I'm trying to use an image as a background for my pdf.  The image is 

> large enough to cover the page.  It seems to work fine when printing 

> straight to the canvas with "p.drawImage 

> ('/root/journal/gazette/paper1.png', 0, 0, width=None, height=None, 

> mask=None)" but I need to use Platypus.

> 


[...]

>   671. raise LayoutError(ident)

> 

>   LayoutError at /gazette/test/

>   Flowable <Image at -0x4950c374 frame=normal 

> filename=/root/journal/gazette/paper1.png> too large on page 2

> 

> What am I doing wrong?


you can embed this into a 'KeepInFrame' object
for example

from reportlab.platypus.flowables import KeepInFrame
from reportlab.platuyps import Image

[  ...some code... ]

image = Image(<... whatever ...>)
story.append(KeepInFrame(MAXWIDTH, MAXHEIGHT, [image])

this will scale you image in such a way that it's not larger than 
MAXWIDTH, MAXHEIGHT.

Hope that helps

Stephan



> 

> Thanks!

> Erik

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