I have the image working, and it is showing over the top of all the static report components (style data) like I want. But the actual report data is showing over the image. Here is the entire report:

SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
UNITS=IN, $
SECTION=section1, LAYOUT=ON, METADATA='0.5^.1^0.5^.1', MERGE=OFF, ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE, PAGESIZE=Legal, $
PAGELAYOUT=1, NAME='Page layout 1', text='Page layout 1', TOC-LEVEL=1, BOTTOMMARGIN=0.5, TOPMARGIN=0.5, METADATA='0^0.5^0^0.5', $
COMPONENT='report1', TEXT='report1', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.500 0.094), 
DIMENSION=(12.995 8.316), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 1; LEFT: 0.5in; WIDTH: 12.995in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.094in; HEIGHT: 8.316in', $
COMPONENT='report2', TEXT='report2', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.563 1.000), 
DIMENSION=(6.353 3.397), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 2; LEFT: 0.563in; WIDTH: 6.353in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1in; HEIGHT: 3.397in', $
COMPONENT='report3', TEXT='report3', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(0.500 4.417), 
DIMENSION=(6.377 3.713), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 3; LEFT: 0.5in; WIDTH: 6.377in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 4.417in; HEIGHT: 3.713in', $
COMPONENT='report4', TEXT='report4', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(6.958 1.000), 
DIMENSION=(6.420 3.374), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 6.958in; WIDTH: 6.42in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 1in; HEIGHT: 3.374in', $
COMPONENT='report5', TEXT='report5', TOC-LEVEL=2, POSITION=(6.979 4.375), 
DIMENSION=(6.459 3.648), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 5; LEFT: 6.979in; WIDTH: 6.459in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 4.375in; HEIGHT: 3.648in', $
OBJECT=IMAGE, NAME='image1', IMAGE=lme5j9rw.gif, POSITION=(4.146 1.344), DIMENSION=(6.021 5.833), $
END
SET COMPONENT='report1'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE app/testibihead
SET COMPONENT='report2'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE app/testibi
SET COMPONENT='report3'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE app/trans_left1
SET COMPONENT='report4'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE app/trans_left_bottom1
SET COMPONENT='report5'
-*component_type report
-INCLUDE app/trans_right1
COMPOUND END

And here is what the output looks like:



I have tried TOC, Z-INDEX, moving the image=object tag to the top, to the bottom, etc.

No matter what I do the report data is always over the watermark.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

It appears you have alternating background colours defined for the data rows. If you use background colours for Excel reports (fill colour in Excel), you do not see the cell grid - this is normal Excel behaviour.

I wonder if you are experiencing a similar issue with PDF reports - try temporarily removing the data rows background colours.

Thats it Francis. If I comment out the background color line then the image is over the top of the report data.

Now that I know what the problem is, is there a solution? I still need the table rows to alternate colors.

I have no experience with this new-fangled Compound PDF report syntax, but if you're using z-index to set the stack order, can you use

z-index: 99;

to bring the image layer to the top?

I tried z-index and no matter what the style is applied last.

Maybe put the style in an include and call it before the image is called?

Maybe use a image for the background color instead of RGB code?

I will keep messing with it.

I'd open a case with Tech Support

z-index is html only, and won't work on PDF.

Greg, how are you doing the alternate colours ?

Although I don't know it it will work, have you tried creating a counter that goes 1 2 1 2 1 2, and set up the stylesheet to colour according the the number ?

Waz, I think there's some HTML stuff going on under the covers:

SET HTMLARCHIVE=ON
COMPOUND LAYOUT PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
...
DIMENSION=(12.995 8.316), METADATA='Z-INDEX: 1; LEFT: 0.5in; WIDTH: 12.995in; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0.094in; HEIGHT: 8.316in', $
...

I'm sure that wasn't hand-coded.

Francis, the html stuff is for html only, if you are producing PFG, you don't need it.

I have some PDF reports, and have completely removed the html stuff.

The HTML stuff may also be used by Dev Studio.

Greg you got the solution for this issue?
I'm also facing the same issue; Image is going to background in PDF report.
z-index is not working in PDF report to bring the image to front.

-Satish

I ended having to make a compound PDF report to get it to work. The heading is a small fex that only contains the code to the image.
The bottom of the report is the data. The output is a pdf report where you can see the image (logo) in the header.