Version 5.5.8

File name in the Publisher

External files are referenced at various points in the layout, mainly in the images. These can have the following formats:

  • Absolute path in the file system: /path/to/file.png.
  • Relative path in the file system: ../directory/file.png.
  • File within the search tree: file.png. Before starting, the current directory is searched recursively (see File organization ).
  • Absolute paths under Windows like c:\Users\...\file.png.
  • file scheme: file://c/Users/Joe%20User/file.png or file:///home/user/file.png.
  • http-scheme: http://picsum.photos/400/300 or https: https://picsum.photos/400/300 (Pro feature ).

These file names can be used for Images , for XPath- and layoutfunctions as well as on the command line. So it is possible to start the Publisher with

sp --dummy --data https://raw.githubusercontent.com/speedata/examples/master/technical/rotating/layout.xml

First the resource is cached on the local computer and then loaded from there.

Sometimes the backslash (\) itself must be provided with a backslash (\\). This is mostly necessary at shell level, i.e. when passing arguments when calling the speedata publisher.

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