For what it's worth, I eventually gave up on this and used the SlideShow object instead.
QA_2 wrote: > > Hello, all. > > I'm new to POI and am trying to create a tool that will automatically > generate a simple PowerPoint slideshow from data in our application. The > data contains images, so I'd like to include those in the slides. However, > I've not been able to figure out the way to add a picture to a slideshow. > > I saw this page: > http://poi.apache.org/slideshow/how-to-shapes.html#Pictures which suggests > use of the HSLFSlideShow.addPicture() method. However, that page is marked > as being from 2007, and the the version of the JAR that I downloaded has > that method taking different arguments: the docs at that link refer to > addPicture(File, Picture.PictureType), but the jar has > addPicture(PictureData). Since PictureData has only a no-arg constructor, > I'm not sure how to get the actual image file into the system. > > > Short version: I know to add PictureData via HSLFSlideShow.addPicture(). > But how do I create PictureData for a particular image file? > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Adding-a-picture-to-a-slideshow-tp23086234p23211143.html Sent from the POI - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
