Bug 7921

Difference in size of the image when displayed in two different ways 23 May, 2022

Sivaprakash BKR
10 February, 2022
Product: PowerBuilder Category: Controls & UI
Version: 2019 R3 Build: 2703
Classification: Enhancement Publishing: Public
Priority: P3
Status: Closed Reason: RECORDED AS ENHANCEMENT
Appeon Product 23 May, 2022
#25 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Thank you for submitting the ticket.  


We now acknowledge this ticket to be an enhancement request and will record and track it internally in our enhancement management system. At the same time, we are closing the ticket here because this support system is for handling standard support services but not for maintaining enhancement requests.  

Please note that despite its "Closed" status, you are welcome to come back here and leave further comments or query the relevant development progress on this ticket.  


Thanks,

Julie
Ken Guo @Appeon 06 April, 2022
#24 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Yes. Using the Picture control is the most effective way at this moment.

Though I have submitted this problem as a requirement to the development, there’s no plan to support it in a short term.


Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 06 April, 2022
#23 
Ken,
As per your suggestion we have to go back to Picture control only as Resize blob object is not working.   Hope this is the only solution available to us till you correct the Table Blob object.
Ken Guo @Appeon 06 April, 2022
#22 
Hi Sivaprakash,

I'm just touching base with you about this ticket.
Please let us know if there is something else we can do in order to keep supporting you.  

Regards,
Ken
Ken Guo @Appeon 28 March, 2022
#21 
Hi Sivaprakash,

I'm just touching base with you about this ticket.
Please let us know if there is something else we can do in order to keep supporting you.  

Regards,
Ken
Ken Guo @Appeon 20 February, 2022
#20 
Hi Sivaprakash,

As far as I know, there’s no other way to implement this. Only Table Blob Control can implement what you need.

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 18 February, 2022
#19 
Thanks Ken for understanding our use case.
Would like to know whether there is any way to display images in a grid / tabular datawindow (more than 1 row(s)) without creating image file in windows file system. ie. directly displaying the image in the datawindow ?  [ of course using other than Table blob control ]
Ken Guo @Appeon 18 February, 2022
#18 
Hi Sivaprakash,

I can understand your use scenario. I will submit your question as a new enhancement to the development.
However, I can confirm that there will be no plan to implement it in a short time. Currently development will prioritize some more important functions. I hope you can understand.
Therefore, I suggest you try to use Picture Control or use Resize Blob Object to work around this white space problem.

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 17 February, 2022
#17 
Ken,
The size of the control is not resizable, as it's fixed in every (preprinted) forms.  Resizing the control makes the appearance of the image not desirable.  So the requirement here is to fill the control with the image, fully.   
By using picture control, we satisfied our client, in our earlier version.  In PB 2019, we planned to replace the picture control with Table blob control, as picture control required us to store the image of the students in window's file system.  
Hope you understand.
Thanks.
Ken Guo @Appeon 17 February, 2022
#16 
Hi Sivaprakash,

The picture control is a control only for displaying a picture.
The blob object is a control that can support multiple file types, so its characteristics is different from the picture control.

You said that there is some white space in your blob object. Did you a width property set to the expresstion: 
blobobjectcontrol.height * imagefile_width/imagefile_height

In this way, no matter how much is the blob object control's height, its width can be adjusted in accordance with the image.

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 17 February, 2022
#15 
OK Ken,
1.  In that case how the picture control displays the image to the full width of that control?  It's also inside the datawindow.
2.  Control's width is too small compared to the size of the image, FYI.  Still we get white spaces.   If the image is too small then there is a logic to reduce the width of the control.   If we need to set the width of the control to the size  of the image of the image then we need to show it (almost) to A4 page size.
Ken Guo @Appeon 16 February, 2022
#14 
Blob Object

Hi Sivaprakash,

#1. Blob image object display the image according to the image ratio. So when the object width is too big, it shows white spaces.
Therefore, I set the width according to the image width/height ratio so that it doesn’t show white spaces no matter what its height is.
 
#2. As far as I know, we don’t have any plan to support it at the moment. 

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 15 February, 2022
#13 
Ken
If it's unsupported means, this issue will never be solved. Is that so?
Sivaprakash BKR 15 February, 2022
#12 
Ken,
1.  The size of the image is much higher than the display size in the datawindow.  So stretching is NOT required, IMO.  Need to display the image to the size of the table blob field in the datawindow.   [  Kindly check by opening the out1.png file in the paint and see the size ].
2.  Even if we increase the size of the table blob control in the datawindow, image size doesn't change.  It (image) remains constant, whatever the size of the control.   [ so your workaround may not work here, imo ].
3.  The picture control in the same datawindow displays rightly.  Is that stretched or shrank, anyway?
Ken Guo @Appeon 15 February, 2022
#11 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Blob Object with image in Datawindow doesn’t support automatic stretching of images, which causes the problem.

So the workaround for it is: Dynamically adjust the width of Blob Object according to the image width/height ratio.

For example, save the photo_height and photo_width of the current png image in the database. Set the width property of Blob Object as an expression: Long(describe('blob_1.height')) * photo_width/photo_height.

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 14 February, 2022
#10 
Is there any immediate workaround to resolve this issue?   It's an urgent requirement.
Sivaprakash BKR 14 February, 2022
#9 
Here is the structure
-- Table: public.cl_student_photo

-- DROP TABLE public.cl_student_photo;

CREATE TABLE public.cl_student_photo
(
    studentphotopk character varying(32) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    companycode character varying(10) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    registrationnumber character varying(25) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    photo bytea,
    locked character(1) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    insertuser character varying(50) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    insertdate timestamp without time zone NOT NULL,
    insertcomputer character varying(50) COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    modifieduser character varying(50) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
    modifieddate timestamp without time zone,
    modifiedcomputer character varying(50) COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
    CONSTRAINT "cl_student_photo_PK" PRIMARY KEY (studentphotopk),
    CONSTRAINT "cl_student_photo_studentname_FK" FOREIGN KEY (companycode, registrationnumber)
        REFERENCES public.cl_student_name (companycode, registrationnumber) MATCH SIMPLE
        ON UPDATE RESTRICT
        ON DELETE RESTRICT
)
WITH (
    OIDS = FALSE
)
TABLESPACE pg_default;

ALTER TABLE public.cl_student_photo
    OWNER to postgres;
-- Index: cl_student_photo_IX

-- DROP INDEX public."cl_student_photo_IX";

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "cl_student_photo_IX"
    ON public.cl_student_photo USING btree
    (companycode COLLATE pg_catalog."default" ASC NULLS LAST, registrationnumber COLLATE pg_catalog."default" ASC NULLS LAST)
    TABLESPACE pg_default;
Ken Guo @Appeon 14 February, 2022
#8 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Thanks for reporting this problem! We reproduced it on our end now and will do further research to figure it out. We will keep you posted about the progress.

BTW, PB 12.6 has the same issue as well.

Regards,
Ken
Ken Guo @Appeon 14 February, 2022
#7 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Thanks for providing this out1.png. Please also help provide the table syntax of cl_student_photo.


Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 12 February, 2022
#6 
out1.png (3456KB)

Hello Ken
Here is the image out1.png.
HTH
Ken Guo @Appeon 11 February, 2022
#5 
Hi Sivaprakash,

Since I constantly failed to restore your database and got Failed: exit code 1 returned, please help directly send the out1.png file used in your case to us for analysis.


Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 10 February, 2022
#4 
Ken,
I missed to mention that I'm using psqlodbc_10_03_0000-x86 to connect to PG Database.
Sivaprakash BKR 10 February, 2022
#3 
Image Size Issue.rar (654KB)

Hello Ken,
Here is the required file in rar format.  It contains
1.  All PBL's (2019 R3)
2.  PostgreSQL database backup file (backup taken using pg_dump). 

Open the application, change database connection parameters.  Run the application and see the difference.
Thanks.
Ken Guo @Appeon 10 February, 2022
#2 
Hi Sivaprakash, 

Can you provide the image file and the PBL file? This would help us to analyze the issue. Thanks for your understanding!

Regards,
Ken
Sivaprakash BKR 10 February, 2022
#1 
image size issue 1.PNG (148KB)

*Phenomenon:
1.  To display an picture stored in a blob column (bytea in postgreSQL)
2.  Used Picture control to display the image in a datawindow
3.  Used Table blob control to display the same image, in the same datawindow
4.  Both controls' size are same (width and height).
5.  Size of the picture displayed in TableBlob control is smaller, with white spaces on the right side.
6. Size of the image stored in the database is 1170x1500 pixels.

*Reproduce Steps:
1.  Store an image in a blob column (or bytea in postgreSQL)
2.  Show the image through a picture control.
3.  Side by side show the same image through Table Blob column
4.  Check the difference in size of the display.  

Remarks:
Discussion that happened in the community forum.
https://community.appeon.com/index.php/qna/q-a/difference-in-size-of-the-image-when-displayed-in-two-different-ways

Any immediate work around?
OS:
All
Platform:
All
Database Type:
PostgreSQL
Database Version:
11