[Zope] Re: [Image-SIG] Properly integrating PIL, reportlab, and zope

[ed colmar]

Ahha!

To force zope (and reportlab) to use a different working directory, use:

import os
os.chdir('/usr/local/zope/differentdir/')

still this is a pretty big workaround, but hey...  It works!

-e-


> Hello ed,
>
> If you figure this out let me know. We tried several times and were
> unsuccessful. we only have two files (logos) so it wasn't worth fighting
> with.
>
> thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
> ed colmar wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the help everyone!
> >
> > I'm a few steps closer to solving this one.  What I'm doing is pretty
much a
> > workaround, since I can't figure out how to pass a image file directly
from
> > within the zodb.  I have created a seperate field that gets passed to a
> > localFS directory.
> >
> > Right now, I just need to refrence a file that is somewhere other than
the
> > /usr/local/zope directory.
> >
> > I've been trying:
> > c.drawInlineImage(str('/home/zope/uploadedimages/' + filename), .5*inch,
> > 10.*inch,4*inch)
> >
> > for some reason it can't find a file anywhere other than the base
directory
> > in zope.  I cannot use this directory because it will serve as a
collection
> > of image files.
> >
> > Any ideas how to force it to look somewhere else for this file?
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > -e-
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Rusch" <drusch@globalcrossing.com>
> > > I have no idea if this will help you. We use PIL, reportlabs and zope
to
> > > create P.O.'s, to place a logo on the page we use the following line
of
> > > code:
> > >
> > > c.drawInlineImage("gclogo_color.gif", .5*inch, 10.*inch,4*inch)
> > >
> >
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