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djlerman has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to include either a base64 image or a src="getImage.pl?image.jpg" when creating a PDF with HTML::HTMLDoc. No Luck.

Does anybody with experience with this module, have some wisdom to share?

Thank You, ~D

#!/usr/bin/perl use HTML::HTMLDoc; $html = new HTML::HTMLDoc('mode'=>'file', 'tmpdir'=>'/tmp'); # Start i +nstance $html->set_page_size('letter'); # set page size $html->set_bodyfont('Arial'); # set font $html->set_fontsize(8.0); # set fontsize $html->set_permissions('no-copy'); $html->set_permissions('no-modify'); $html->set_permissions('no-annotate'); $html->set_html_content( qq{ <html><body>Hello World... <br /> <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/4QAWRXhpZ +gAATU0AKgAAAAgAAAAAAAD/2wBDAAUDBAQEAwUEBAQFBQUGBwwIBwcHBw8LCwkMEQ8SEh +EPERETFhwXExQaFRERGCEYGh0dHx8fExciJCIeJBweHx7/2wBDAQUFBQcGBw4ICA4eFBE +UHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh4eHh7/ +wAARCABeAF4DASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAHAAAAQUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAABQIDBAYHCAEA/8QAQ +RAAAQMDAwEFAwkFBgcAAAAAAQIDBAAFEQYSITEHE0FRYRQycRUiQlKBkaHB0QgjYnOxFh +ckM1NyRGOSk6Lh8f/EABkBAQEAAwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEBf/EACYRAAIBAwIGAgM +AAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEEQUhEiIxQVFhE3EjkfD/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/ANkQeTnkmnkbcYOK +jklIJ5GB5UPVdUISjeptKlJCsbFeNUBoAAcYNRZrqWWVOKSSB4DjNDvllH+ojH8tVMybo +082W1vJCTjOGznGelQDz9xQ1IbilAU86rahKFhRzUzaoKOcZHWqolxPy41cEOd2GlqKQU +E8H0oubq0rq6jP8oj86AJqPBwBkDJqA9c2mGm1OgEu7dqUrBUc+lMquTZSR36Rkf6R/Wh +E4svzIy2llKI6kEFSeu3zAoC3HcAEEAHxpK0lNDDd2iSe+Rz/AMo/rSvldrHLif8AtH9a +AIAAnPWloOzlAI8Dg0LZuyXblFiI2qU+oj3CMAD40WxnxP2VQOBQKeckHqKFu6ftDii4t +h8qPlJWPzqeFccjilAj6oAqMAZVksaVFJYkEjrh9w/0qPLsVoLC/Z48sOnAThx08/bXt5 +fUw3IWhSk4dJ4Vj6IoPcJFxhafXf5kyDGghoukuSV7sZwBgJPJPAHmRQHzsRCr1GhuF/2 +ZKyl0oJ3YA8wKXNl6CgOFqdfY0VwfQeuexX3E8Uc7NNAzNUMJu2rt7Ec4U3akOKQlIPI7 +9SSFLVjkoyEjxzzWm/Jdm02y2zHstrYjnhKo8RKQD68fjQGN25OkLolXybcBNIH/AA84u +n7k5qLOhFh2JE3SCla0d9gkqAPUZ61sU6wad1Kyr2jTMOWkHAeQyG1pP8LicKB9QayXXN +pnaOmpfamKkWUuJbddnLIegFRwnvFAZW3kgbzyMjORyADBsNg3cJnY/nOc0trT2nnXC2k +zC4BuKPaVggefNDJMHUEdtLi3YjjalAYakqUrnyykVI0SpS9Q3LvVKURFSOTnHzk0AVg2 +K1QJjcxlqQXm87Cp9SgPvogonI6Hilu9OOnwprOOgAqoCEcJ5NLBCsAjNMBRCSocjypkz +QEpXwgKTuSStAyD8TUYA+oUIWh9pStoU8Qef4RWPax1c3ce1XTWiO/7y2Wc+1yUkABx9K +StCTjqE5B+JrYr9JsyAlcm3sS5LmdiS7yT5nargeuK5K1xZNQWHXD2so7PtcJ6Sp7fHBI +bSeCgjkgAcZ58KA7s0HfGpen2nY7uTk78fWz/AO6oHbPF7VLtqKK7pGREVZ092p07nC6y +pCiVDaOFpV0PBIpz9mfQt8n2ZrVF3uMqFbpiN0aEjhTqSOHFE+6PIda0W8RbxpNavYJUy +VbnVbhlW5bKuv8A0muHUbmtbUXVpQ48dUuuPSysm2jCM5cMngh9mdx1ND0oxF1U9HNySt +Z2Nc7WicoBO1OTjqQkVX+2C722TH9glrbcVKZWy8g85bIxz95q62KzMX4yHdQSSu5OtDD +DbxS5GbPCTgHgnrzXNH7Sulb/ANm7nyozKlXe2TVd3GfVlTiHD0bX+R4zXRbznOmpVFhv +t4++u/kwmoqWIvI72A66Vd9LyLFcpCpEuwPezoVgZcZGUtkknnABH2CtF0Qof2guZKgB7 +Mnkq/jFc8/s9abulhvzl5v0NtTM5ko9jeJC1n3txwRtPXAPXJrpiyyLI0wZFrhsxw8MLI +dAPB6HKjW4xDSvUZHpTK8/VqN8psmW1H3fPeVhAStKv6GpKyrgZqoDB90/7T6VVLwXAuI +20oILvdt7sZxkeXjVs2goUPTrQGTZZ78yKtb8FDLK0HgrKiE+m3FRgxft5ut60HLjOvTG +ZRmNuojqQ2UkbFDAUCSPpA8YzzUXSd4VJ0vbnJCwtbsZJcJHCiRzxWmdu3Z292i2uBFiy +2ozsOZ3u9YJBbUMKAx49KwdUhqzOvWllzLUN1bKP9qVkD8KA6K7I9e6jtlnSy28JkJl0o +bZd52JBwAk9QPtq2XLt3tNrvkZnUkd22QHFNshZaLgU4o8rUrohCcDn1OelZz2IsWmdpB +t+TPfiuqeXlXcFaPe9Oav8zSWmrvb3IUzUVsdYcSUqQ80oZH211v4ZwSzhm/8co+yr9om +s9RaJ1w3q3TEeROsD5U/cYIDau/QsDDza+ckADHOMcUC7TdVztQTbZcje03ayyWlvwHW0 +bW14VjlPGFp5BB5BohbNKq0RMctCNRW+/6QLankwnGnnnYRKujBRyAVL5Tgj4VnPavY7L +o6fFNhDohXDe+FF3e24o7cqTg7R64A5Brnyl0/vaMJSilygHtI1XJskO3zYasqErCxj3k +7VZ/+1qPZJGm37Qzepl3MtNSVOrQ0GNxVtVtzknj3T0H51iirONbrNqEpDDjbK3mnFcgK +GOoHhjNdMdmNifsnZrabHIwhTUfZkJxwTncfiSawNZ5AYcjaqtjbikqWlStxSMAnbVsUS +cYz8DQiNaHhembnJnNuBokhCGCCcjHXJouBjr19RVQPDkq2hJ4pLyu6bW6rcQkFRAPJp0 +7gcZPNebDUYBbtzjd13negpIzsbOSfiojA+6qt/dxp3Wc911VgjMk8qdYX3GfUkH5x9as +EnT1uQtbzntD6MlQj79iM+uOSPTNIteohbF91Itcju08JLXOB8DXia5dahbUozsqXHvuu ++PWTts4UJt/M8eAtpXs4TpWzC3W5bbjKFKUEuSgtWSc4zgV84Gkl1tY2utHCkKxkfrTcz +Xtlajn/AAtw3fVLeM/jVKvWspLjy3mLSpCSCEqdXgkH0xzXk6Tqus3dzGNW2cId3LC/Wy +N9ajaRptqXN2wXlDLEh5uMkBx50cJyBgepPQfpVP1R2CN3a6sXSNcoTbbRJXbX5ThjqBz +nG33DznI4yOc0NhdoSosxBeszjq1YSUNqys/AYq9Rtf20x0d5abi27j/LKUkp+OFYrHU9 +U1y2uZRpW3HDs4tdPecvJaVKzlTjzb98mbztIzOzu8reRZo9xs6nA+tplQLqTxkg4ytPH +uEjzGCcHRtP6gtuoYYm2+S24PpI+k2R9Ep6gjyIFD7hdzfSqMLY6iO7lK95GSD4cUxZ9D +Wi1y25kIPR3kud6dr6xk4xg88j06V7ei19Qr0XK+pqDzss74942OW8jQjJKi8+fstJUn1 +HrXynE+FI65zyK8AHlivZRyEjJxzj7KZfUvuld2RvAOM+dPqTsO0+FIP4+FAAU3ZBbSpQ +klWOQXEgA+P0aaeusYJy4hsDzceV+RohJs9oedU67C3KUcq/erAJ+ANOxrbamCFM2uElQ +8VMhZ/8s0wAC3OMte23wC+vplhn+qj0++nG9NSpSt9xdbiIPVDP7x37Ve6PxqzLUrATuO +B0A4A+A6U2QMZxz51MAgQbRa4DSkwYaGs+8tXznF/FR/LinUxGc7g0geQxUtKd5606EYG +cA1QNIQEY2ox8BT6QfMY8hSynKQelJ6HgCmANqGVeH3V4EDzpxXHBp1tvvOBxgUB//9k= +" border="0" alt="Hello Image"> </body></html>}); $html->title(); $html->set_header('.', 't', '.'); $html->set_footer('D', '.', '/'); $pdf = $html->generate_pdf(); # generate document $http_headers_out{'Content-Type'} = 'application/pdf'; print $pdf->to_string();