[reportlab-users] Page background image with Platypus?

[Erik Wickstrom]

Hi,

I'm trying to use an image as a background for my pdf.  The image is large
enough to cover the page.  It seems to work fine when printing straight to
the canvas with "p.drawImage('/root/journal/gazette/paper1.png', 0, 0,
width=None, height=None, mask=None)" but I need to use Platypus.

"elements.append(Image('/root/journal/gazette/paper1.png'))" just results is
the following traceback.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py"
in get_response
  77. response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "/root/journal/gazette/views.py" in some_view
  72. doc.build(elements)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py"
in build
  911. BaseDocTemplate.build(self,flowables, canvasmaker=canvasmaker)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py"
in build
  740. self.handle_flowable(flowables)
File
"/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/reportlab/platypus/doctemplate.py"
in handle_flowable
  671. raise LayoutError(ident)

  LayoutError at /gazette/test/
  Flowable <Image at -0x4950c374 frame=normal
filename=/root/journal/gazette/paper1.png> too large on page 2

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
Erik
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