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Insert Image Dialog Box Properties

You can use the Insert Image dialog box to select the image file to use in a report. It varies according to how you will use the image: as an image component in a report or as the pointer in a gauge chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

When you open the Insert Image dialog box by selecting Menu > Insert > Image or dragging Image from the Toolbox panel into the current report, You can use it to insert an image into the report and contains the following options.

Image From

Specifies the source of the image file.

• Local File
  Specifies to use an image from the local file system. The types of the images that can be used are defined by the administrator in the Administration > Configuration > Upload page in the Server Console.
  • File Name
    Specifies the path and name of the image file. You can select the Browse button to locate the image file.
• Web URL
  Specifies to use an image via URL.
  • Image URL
    Specifies the URL of the image file. Logi Report will record the latest 10 entered URLs in the drop-down list.
• Library
  Specifies to use an existing image.
  • My Images
    The My Images folder is a virtual location where Logi Report Server stores the images that have once been inserted into reports. Select the one you want to use.
  • Preview
    Displays a preview of the selected image.

OK

Inserts the image in the report and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Cancels the insertion and closes the dialog box.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

When you open the Insert Image dialog box by selecting Customized in the Value Pointer or Target Pointer drop-down list in the Format Bar Gauge, Format Dial Gauge, or Format Solid Gauge dialog box, or in the Value Pointer drop-down list in the Style List dialog box, You can use it to specify an image as the pointer in a gauge chart.

Image From

Specifies the source of the image file.

• Local File
  Specifies to use an image from the local file system. The types of the images that can be used are defined by the administrator in the Administration > Configuration > Upload page in the Server Console.
  • File Name
    Specifies the path and name of the image file. You can select the Browse button to locate the image file.
• Web URL
  Specifies to use an image via URL.
  • File URL
    Specifies the URL of the image file.

  If your Logi Report Server is in an intranet which requires a proxy, to access the image via URL, you need to add the parameters -Dhttp.proxyHost=XXX -Dhttp.proxyPort=XX to the server's startup file JRServer.bat in <install_root>\bin.

• Library
  Specifies to use an existing image.
  • My Pictures
    The My Pictures folder is a virtual location where Logi Report Server stores the images that you have once inserted into reports. Select the one you want to use.

Preview

Displays a preview of the selected image.

OK

Uses the image as the pointer in the gauge chart and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Cancels the operation and closes the dialog box.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog box.

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