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andthenenterawebaddress(forexample,http://www.mys-
ite.com/images/image.jpg).
Note: IfaURLdoesn'thaveafileextension,andtheoptionSavewithtemplateis
notselected,theSelectImagedialogautomaticallyaddsthefiletypeparameter
withthefileextensionasitsvalue(forexample:?filetype=pdf(ifitisthefirst
parameter)or&filetype=pdf).
Thefiletype,pageandnopreviewparametersarenotsenttothehost;theyare
usedinternally.Therefore,URLsthatrelyononeoftheseparameterscannotbe
used.
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Withanexternalimage,youcanchecktheoptionSave with template.Ifthisoptionis
checked,thefilewillbeinsertedintheImagesfolderontheResourcespaneatthetop
left.
Ifitisn'tsavedwiththetemplate,theimageremainsexternal.Notethatexternalimages
needtobeavailablewhenthetemplateismergedwitharecordsettogenerateoutput,and
thattheirlocationshouldbeaccessiblefromthemachineonwhichthetemplate'soutputis
produced.Externalimagesareupdated(retrieved)atthetimetheoutputisgenerated.
3. IftheimageisaPDFfilethatconsistsofmorethanonepage,selectthedesiredpage.
Note: ThenumberofpagesinaPDFfilecannotbedeterminedviatheHTTPandHTTPS
protocols.Ifyouwishtouseapageotherthanpage1inaremotePDF,checktheoption
Save with template;thenclickOKandreopenthedialog.Next,ontheResourcestab,
selectthePDF,andselectapage.
4. ClickFinish.Theimagewillbeinsertedatthepositionofthecursor.
Importing images from another template
Toimportimagesdirectlyfromanothertemplate,clickFile > Import Resources...inthemenu.See:
"ImportResourcesdialog"onpage889.
Using one file that contains a collection of images (a 'sprite')
Whenatemplatethatcontainslotsofimagesismergedwithalargerecordset,themanyfilerequests
mayslowdowntheprocessofoutputgeneration.Onesolutionistocombinetheimagesintoasingle
imagefile(an'imagesprite')anddisplaythepartthatholdstheimage.Thisreducesthenumberoffile
requestsandcanimprovetheoutputspeedsignificantly.
Foranexplanationofhowtodothis,see"Creatingandusingimagesprites"onpage1352.
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