Fred, The xml markup between the <svg:svg> and </svg:svg> must be valid svg markup. The example you have is not valid. eg. the markup should be able to work standalone as an svg document.
If you want to put a graphic inside svg then you need to use the svg:image tag. > > I am having trouble combining external-graphics and SVG graphics in > FOP. > > > > I would like to use SVG to open a viewport containing both svg graphics > > and external-graphics [gifs, jpgs, pngs] . > > If I format the raster images in a typical manner, as > > fo:external-graphics, fop generates PDFs with rasters fine. > > > > If I format svg images in a typical manner fo:instream-foreign-object, > fop > > generates PDF w/ svg fine. > > > > But if I try to combine them, FOP will not render the raster images. I > am > > trying to use svg to create a line pointing from one raster image to > > another. I would like place several raster images and several SVG > elements > > into one viewport so that I can position them reliably. Neither the svg > > examples nor the images examples shows how to combine svg and > > external-graphics. Can anybody help me with this? > > > > Here is the code of what I would LIKE to do: > > <fo:block space-before.optimum="10pt" > space-after.optimum="30pt" > > keep-with-previous="1"> > > <!-- the next line, creating raster image, works OK, but its > > position vis-a-vis the svg does not work in my situation --> > > <fo:external-graphic height="75px" width="40px" x="240" > y="240" > > src="images/4.jpg"/> > > <fo:instream-foreign-object xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";> > > <svg:svg width="1000" height="760"> > > <!-- the next lines, creating raster images, do not work --> > > <fo:external-graphic src="images\4.jpg" x="240" y="240" > > width="42px" height="98px"/> > > <fo:external-graphic src="images\Image1.gif" x="320" y="240" > > width="461px" height="377px"/> > > <!-- the next lines, creating svg image, works fine --> > > <svg:g style="fill:none; stroke:#ff0000; stroke-width:3px"> > > <svg:line x1="280" y1="270" x2="400" y2="276"/> > > </svg:g> > > </svg:svg> > > </fo:instream-foreign-object> > > </fo:block>
