Re: Producing BMP Images with Java and Oracle

Hi,
  haven't done this myself, but you could try to convert your image to a gif file. There is a free gif encoder at something like www.acme.org? Or just search the web for a java gif encoder. Then you could stream that into a BLOB.

hth,
cindy

Greg Strylewicz wrote:

> My end goal is to create a database function that uses an input to create a
> barcode which can then be printed. I've got a program that will create the
> barcode, but it's output is a java.awt.Image and I need a BMP or other
> lossless format. I've tried loading Java Advanced Imaging API to the
> database (8.1.6 on Windows NT) but parts of it will not compile and don't
> produce meaningful error messages. I've tried loading parts of the Java
> 1.2.2 API and using the JPEGEncoder class, but it uses a canvas to draw and
> Oracle reports an unauthorized action error. So, any ideas? Also, since the
> returned image is a long raw, I'm assuming that I'll have a 32k limit - any
> work-arounds?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT