R devel - Sep 2010 - Incorporate graphic files into R-package

Hi,

I am working on a package which will be used to generate reports using
Sweave. The createReport() function should create a folder and Rnw/tex-files
automatically. The reports should, however, also feature the company logo. I
don't want to have to manually copy the image file into the folder each time
a report is created. I don't know if it is possible or not but I would like
to somehow store the graphic-file within the package and have the
createReport() automatically copy it to the appropriate folder. Does anyone
have an idea how this could be achieved?
I'm thinking of something similar to the way data is stored as a RData-file
in the data-path of a package and is accessed via load() once the package is
loaded.

Thanks in advance and hava a great day.

El

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On 27/09/2010 10:44 AM, elgorgonzola wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working on a package which will be used to generate reports using
> Sweave. The createReport() function should create a folder and
Rnw/tex-files
> automatically. The reports should, however, also feature the company logo.
I
> don't want to have to manually copy the image file into the folder each
time
> a report is created. I don't know if it is possible or not but I would
like
> to somehow store the graphic-file within the package and have the
> createReport() automatically copy it to the appropriate folder. Does anyone
> have an idea how this could be achieved?
> I'm thinking of something similar to the way data is stored as a
RData-file
> in the data-path of a package and is accessed via load() once the package
is
> loaded.
>
> Thanks in advance and hava a great day.
Read about the "inst" directory in Writing R Extensions.  You can put 
your logo there, it will be installed when your package is installed, 
and your Sweave document can find it using system.file("path within 
package", package="yourpackage") to copy to the output directory.

Duncan Murdoch