> > When I create a new GD::Image drawing whatever on it and trying > > to print it - it will be prepended to my html header for the > > page. I then tried to put it in $m->out to have in printed within > > Mason, but that simply printed the raw PNG in all its glory as > > text on screen. > > > > I tried fiddeling with content_type, but I guess that wont work > > if I set this after I have already printed something on the page > > - hence the content_type will not even be effective for that page. > > > > What I still miss doing/trying is making a seperate > > file/component which only job will be to make the PNG, but I > > don't really see what I would gain from that, because that will > > pretty much also just print a PNG "within" my HTML page. > > First of all, there's a mason users list > (http://www.masonhq.com/resources/mailing_lists.html). I am using it already, but saw no harm in trying my luck at the mod_perl list, since it's not entirely Mason related in my eyes.
> > Second, you don't seem to understand how images in a web page works. > When your browser sees <img src="foo"> it makes a _seperate_ > request for foo from the web server. Thanks. I don't know _what_ I was thinking just printing it bare on the page. > > The image is not somehow magically inlined in the page and > served with the request for the page itself. That I could also easily conclude - but that didn't stop me from continuing on bad track - unfortunately :) > > What you need is a seperate top-level Mason component that > generates the image. Use this as the value for the src attribute > like <img src="foo.comp?size=2">. Then make sure that foo.comp > prints the correct headers. That will be my next thing to do - as I almost implied myself. Thank you for verifying / suggesting the correct way. > > And yes, you need to use $m->out, not print (this is documented in > the Mason docs). I have been reading the Mason docs. and know that I shouldn't be using "print", but I was simply trying whatever possible to see the differences. Best regards Nicolai
