[SOLVED] Using jpeg images as a background in pdf reports

TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
     'CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY' NOPRINT
HEADING
" This shows"
"I Can put data such as the car model"
" "
"<MODEL "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "
" "

"Anywhere I want on this overlay"

FOOTING
" "
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE SET PAGE-NUM OFF
ON TABLE NOTOTAL
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
ON TABLE SET HTMLCSS ON
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
     PAGESIZE='Letter',
     LEFTMARGIN=0.500000,
     RIGHTMARGIN=0.500000,
     TOPMARGIN=1.500000,
     BOTTOMMARGIN=0.500000,
     ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT,


TYPE=REPORT,
     IMAGE=tp001.jpg,
	 POSITION=(0.50 0.0),
	 SIZE=(7.0 10.0),

$
ENDSTYLE
END

is generating the following error:

(FOC3251) IMAGE FILE UNREADABLE OR INVALID: tp001.jpg

If I change the FORMAT to HTML, the report runs perfectly. I found a couple of old cases in the tech library that suggested opening the file in Paint and saving it with a new file name. This did not help.

Basically what I am trying to do is to position data on a form letter which has been scanned into a jpg file. Any other sugesstions on how to do this would be appreciated as well.

This client is using version 7.6.10 in all components.

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Robert F. Bowley Jr.
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For PDF, the image must be in the Application Path, which means that it should be directly in one of the folders in Drive:/ibi/apps/

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TABLE FILE CAR
SUM
SALES
BY COUNTRY NOPRINT PAGE-BREAK
BY CAR
BY MODEL
HEADING
"WEBFOCUS REPORT"
" "
" "
"COUNTRY: <COUNTRY"
" "

ON TABLE SET STYLE *
TYPE=REPORT, SQUEEZE=ON,
FONT='ARIAL', SIZE=8,
$
TYPE=REPORT, IMAGE=smpbkg1.jpg, $
ENDSTYLE

ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END

smpbkg1.jpg is an image in folder C:\ibi\apps\ibisamp

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duh... I knew that :-(

Oh well, they say that the memory is the second thing to go, and I don't remember what the first was.

Thanks Frank

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