Re: referencing remote patterns

Hi Peter!

referencing remote resources (such as patterns, gradients, any named elements, 
etc.) does not work in Adobe SVG viewer 3.0. It works, however in Batik, and I 
think also in ASV6 (Adobes prerelease successor of ASV3).

Andreas

Quoting Peter Fry <Peter.Fry@oracle.com>:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using the Adobe SVG plugin 3.0 and wish
> to reference patterns held in a remote resource i.e.
> The main svg doc would contain
> 
> <rect x="2800" y="334.125" width="200.0" height="82.5"
> fill="url(/upsell/patterns/patterns.svg#hatchGREEN)" stroke="white"
> stroke-width="10"
> />
> 
> The contents of /upsell/patterns/patterns.svg is
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 20010904//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd">
> <svg width="18.0cm" height="15.0cm" viewBox="0 0 208.0 169.0"
> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
> <defs>
> <pattern id="hatchGREEN" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0"
> width="50" height="50">
> 	<g>
>     <rect x="0" y="0" width="15" height="50"
>       fill="rgb(255,99,71)" stroke="none"
>     />
>     <rect x="15" y="0" width="35" height="50"
>       fill="yellow" stroke="none"
>     />
> 	</g>
> </pattern>
> </defs>
> </svg>
> 
> Is this valid? Are there other ways of doing this.
> The majority of the SVG document is programatically
> constructed and having the patterns as a web resource
> aids maintainability and in this case performance.
> 
> Peter Fry
> 
> 



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