Embed a Image in a PDF

Embed a Image in a PDF

wathertonwatherton Posts: 33Questions: 6Answers: 0

Hi,

I'm using the pdfHtml buttons, and trying to embed an image into the output, using the following:

customize: function (doc)
{
doc.content.splice( 1, 0,
{
margin: [ 0, 0, 0, 12],
alignment: 'center',
image: '../Content/img/home_logo.jpg'
});
}

this is throwing up a Cannot read property 'embed' of undefined, meaning it cant find the image. this image is there, and the path is correct.

Replies

  • allanallan Posts: 61,972Questions: 1Answers: 10,160 Site admin

    You'd need to check the PDFMake documentation, but you might need to convert the image to be a base 64 string for it to work.

    Allan

  • wathertonwatherton Posts: 33Questions: 6Answers: 0
    edited August 2015

    hi Allan,

    all looks good from there:

    var docDefinition = {
      content: [
        {
          // you'll most often use dataURI images on the browser side
          // if no width/height/fit is provided, the original size will be used
          image: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,...encodedContent...'
        },
        {
          // if you specify width, image will scale proportionally
          image: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,...encodedContent...',
          width: 150
        },
        {
          // if you specify both width and height - image will be stretched
          image: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,...encodedContent...',
          width: 150,
          height: 150
        },
        {
          // you can also fit the image inside a rectangle
          image: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,...encodedContent...',
          fit: [100, 100]
        },
        {
          // if you reuse the same image in multiple nodes,
          // you should put it to to images dictionary and reference it by name
          image: 'mySuperImage'
        },
        {
          // under NodeJS (or in case you use virtual file system provided by pdfmake)
          // you can also pass file names here
          image: 'myImageDictionary/image1.jpg'
        }
      ],
    
      images: {
        mySuperImage: 'data:image/jpeg;base64,...content...'
      }
    };
    
  • allanallan Posts: 61,972Questions: 1Answers: 10,160 Site admin

    Are you using NodeJS or the virtual file system provided by pdfmake as the comment about using file names directly states?

    Allan

  • wathertonwatherton Posts: 33Questions: 6Answers: 0

    Converted the image to Base64 and it worked a treat. Thanks.

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