[reportlab-users] load Image() from embedded python

[Michael Hipp]

Thanks Andy.

It does indeed work. For anyone else that might try this, here's what I did...

Use bin2py to convert the jpg image file to python:
https://github.com/MarioVilas/shellcode_tools/blob/master/bin2py.py

    > bin2py logo.jpg -o logo.py

Then put in the program something like this:

     import logo
     import StringIO
     from reportlab.platypus import Image

          img = Image(StringIO(logo.logo), width=48, height=48)

Works swimmingly and now I don't have to package the logo.jpg file as a data 
file with the program.

Note that I was not able to get ReportLab Image() to work with the output from 
wxPython's img2py utility as I had originally intended, hence the use of bin2py.

Michael


On 1/29/2014 1:47 AM, Andy Robinson wrote:

> I think that everywhere we accept a filename, we also accept a

> file-like object.  So you could store it as some kind of escaped

> binary string in your source code, then wrap it in a StringIO and pass

> that to the platypus Image.

>

> I'm not in a programming environment now but if this is not clear we

> can post a code snippet later in the day...

>

> - Andy

>

>

>

> On 29 January 2014 00:50, Michael Hipp <michael at redmule.com> wrote:

>> In the reportlab.platypus Image flowable, is it possible to load the image

>> from an image embedded as binary in the python code? The only api for Image

>> seems to depend on a filename.

>>

>> I'd prefer not to have to lug around things like logos and icons with my

>> program.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Michael

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