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ImportingDynamicImagestotheCrystalReport
withoutDatabaseOverheadusingVisualStudio
2005
Published:10Jan2007

Abstract

InthisarticlePradeepdemonstrateshowtoimportdynamicimagestotheCrystalReport
withoutanydatabaseoverheadwiththehelpofcodesamples.

byPradeepShukla
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ArticleContents:
Introduction
Steps
Conclusion

Introduction
[BackToTop]

WhenitcomestoimportadynamicimagetotheCrystalreport,onewouldliketofollowthe
traditionalapproachofstoringtheimageinthedatabaseandthenpullittothereport.
Buttherearesomeoverheadsassociatedwithusingadatabasetostorethebinary/Imagesfile.The
primarybeingthedatabaseconnectionsaremoreexpensiveandpullingyourimagesoutfromthe
databasemaybetimetaking.
InthisArticleIwouldliketodemonstratehowtoachievethiswithouttheintervationofthedatabase.
Tostartwithletsaywehaveadynamicchartthatgetsdisplayedintheaspxpageandweneedto
displaythatchartinthereport.Herewehaveanotheroptioni.ewecanusetheinbuiltchartfeature
oftheCrystalReport.Butitwillnotalwaysbefeasibleifthechartisfullydynamicinnature.Inone
ofmyprojectIdidfacethisissue.Isimplycannothavealltheconditionsforallthepossiblecases.
Sothesimpleworkaroundformewasjusttosavemyimageintheserveratruntimeandthen
importthattotheCrystalReportanditworkedfine.

Steps
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Nowlet'sgetintodetails.Firstofallsayinouraspxpageweneedtosavetheimagetotheserverat
theruntime.Forthisweneedtousethestreamclasstoreadthefileasabyteandthensaveitto
therequiredpathataparticularevent.Theeventcanvaryfromsituationtosituation.e.ginmy
projectIdidthisinthepage_loadevent.Somewoulddefinitelyliketoavailthisjustbefore
producingthereport.
CodeforstoringyourImageintotheserver
Listing1
VB.NET
DimdrawingImageAsSystem.Drawing.Image
drawingImage=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(NewSystem.IO.MemoryStream(byteArr))
DimstrPathAsString
strPath=System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("path")
drawingImage.Save(strPath,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp)

C#
System.Drawing.ImagedrawingImage
drawingImage=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(newSystem.IO.MemoryStream(byteArr))
stringstrPath
strPath=System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("path")
drawingImage.Save(strPath,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp)

Aftersavingtheimagenowitsturnfordesigningthereport.Forthisweneedadataset(xsd)which
willstoretheImage.
Forthisaddadatasettoyourproject.Createadatatableinsideyourdatasetandaddacolumntothe
datatableforstoringtheimage.Onethingtonotehereisthedatatypeforthecolumn.Itshouldbe
System.Byte[].

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AfterCreatingtheDataSetwecanstartondesigningthereport.OpentheCrystalreport,addthe
DataTabletothedatabasefieldsofyourreportandthendraganddroptheimagefieldtothereport.
Nowforpopulatingthedatatablewiththedataattheruntimewewillhaveafunctioninsideaclass
thattakesoneparamateri.etheImagethatneedstobedisplayedandusingthedatarowwewill
addittothedatatableandfinallyreturnthedatatable.
Nowfordisplayingitactuallyinthereport,setthedatasourceofthecrystalreportwiththedata
table.Thebelowcodedemonstratesthis.
CodeforsettingthedatasourceoftheCrystalReport
Listing2
VB.NET
DimrptTest1AsNewReportDocument
rptTest1.Load(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("App_Reports/rptpic1.rpt"))
rptTest1.Database.Tables("Images").SetDataSource(rptTest.ImageTable(System.Web.HttpContext.
Current.Request.MapPath("App_Data/test1.bmp")))

C#
ReportDocumentrptTest1=newReportDocument()
rptTest1.Load(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("App_Reports/rptpic1.rpt"))
rptTest1.Database.Tables["Images"].SetDataSource(rptTest.ImageTable(System.Web.HttpContext.
Current.Request.MapPath("App_Data/test1.bmp")))

CodeforfillingthedatatablewiththeImage
Listing3
VB.NET
PublicClassrptTest
PublicSharedFunctionImageTable(ByValImageFileAsString)AsDataTable
DimdataAsNewDataTable
DimrowAsDataRow
data.TableName="Images"
data.Columns.Add("img",System.Type.GetType("System.Byte[]"))
DimfsAsNewFileStream(ImageFile,FileMode.Open)
DimbrAsNewBinaryReader(fs)
row=data.NewRow()
row(0)=br.ReadBytes(br.BaseStream.Length)
data.Rows.Add(row)
br=Nothing
fs.Close()
fs=Nothing
Returndata
EndFunction
EndClass

C#
publicclassrptTest
{
publicstaticDataTableImageTable(stringImageFile)
{
DataTabledata=newDataTable()
DataRowrow
data.TableName="Images"
data.Columns.Add("img",System.Type.GetType("System.Byte[]"))
FileStreamfs=newFileStream(ImageFile,FileMode.Open)
BinaryReaderbr=newBinaryReader(fs)
row=data.NewRow()
row[0]=br.ReadBytes(br.BaseStream.Length)
data.Rows.Add(row)
br=null
fs.Close()
fs=null
returndata

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returndata
}
}

Whentheprogramruns,theimagegetsaddeduptothedatatableandthenispulledupbythe
crystalreportwithoutanydatabaseoverhead.

Conclusion
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Inthisarticle,wehaveseenhowtoimportdynamicimagestothecrystalreportwithoutdatabase
overheadwiththehelpofcodeexamples.

UserComments
Title:bytearr
Name:murali
Date:1/25/20137:23:59AM
Comment:
canusendfullsource...........

Title:ThanksMan
Name:MSVercetti
Date:9/10/20121:09:32PM
Comment:
Thanksalotmen.Ihavespentalotofmytimefindingasolutionforthat.Inmycase,i
couldntimportanimageforafacturinaCrystalReport,andyoufixmyproblemlikea
"Boss".Iknowthatthispostisold,butissoexcelent.Thanksagain.
MSVercettiFromCuernavacaMorelosMexico

Title:Youaretheman!
Name:Hichamito
Date:6/25/20125:17:40PM
Comment:
Manyhoursofgoogling,finalyifindwhatiwantinthisarticle,thanksman!

Title:Imagenotdisplay
Name:Chetan
Date:12/12/20111:44:49AM
Comment:
Hiiithanksforthisarticlebuticantseeimageoncrystalreport...
itisnotshowinganyimageandnoerrormsg.
Plshelpmeifpossibleonmyid
chetan2010joshi@gmail.com

Title:StepLinkdoesn'twork
Name:ASD
Date:10/24/20115:51:29AM
Comment:
Wheniclickthesteplink.Thereisnothingtoshow.Nothingdescribesforthislink(page2).

Title:EverythingOK
Name:Paco
Date:4/29/20115:35:25AM
Comment:
Thankyouforthisarticle.Itwasveryveryusefulforme.Everythingworkedfinewith
VS2008.

Title:Imageisnotshowing
Name:Ravi
Date:3/25/20111:22:23AM
Comment:
Ihavedoneexactlyasshwoninthearticleandexecutedwithnoerrors,butnoimageis
shwon,cananybodysendmeasampleworkingproject/code.IamusingVB.Net2005
WindowsApplication.Plesaesentmetomypersonalemailid
lakkimb4u@gmail.com

Title:byteArrispointingtowhat?
Name:maddy
Date:3/12/20118:30:45AM
Comment:
CanAnyoneSharethecorrectworkingcodeforthisline:
drawingImage=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(New
System.IO.MemoryStream(byteArr))
Whatis(byteArr)pointingto?
Pleasehelp.
Maddy

Title:DisplayImagefromNetworkLocation
Name:Parm
Date:2/4/201112:22:06PM
Comment:
HiIamusingCrystal7andhavearequirementtodisplayproductimagesinthereport
followingtheproductspecification.

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Doesanyoneknowwhothiscanbeachievedinthisversion?
ManyThanks
Parm

Title:howtodisplayimagedynamicallyonthereport
Name:VishalMohan
Date:1/26/20117:24:21AM
Comment:
Hi,
IwanttoshowtheimagesinCrystalreportdynamically,Ihavestorethefullpathofimage
indatabase,nowIhavetoshowtheimagecorrespondtothatpathincrystalreporteach
row.Plzcanyoudescribehowcanidothismypersonalidisi.vish333@gmail.com
Thankingyou
pleasehelpme.........

Title:helpmepleaseIdon'tknowwhatdowiththat?ByteArrHowtouseit?
Name:binu
Date:12/18/20105:43:05AM
Comment:
helpme

Title:crystalreports8.5dynamicimagehelp
Name:SabirHusain
Date:10/7/20104:00:26AM
Comment:
Hi,
IwanttoshowtheimagesinCrystalreportdynamically,Ihavestorethefullpathofimage
indatabase,nowIhavetoshowtheimagecorrespondtothatpathincrystalreport8.5
witheachrow.Plzcanyoudescribehowcanidothismypersonalidis
husain_sabir@rediffmail.com
Thankingyou

Title:query
Name:HardikPatadia
Date:9/6/201010:18:59AM
Comment:
imhavingrecordsofstudentsindatabaseandiwantthephotosofthosestudents
correspondingtotherecordinthedatabase...isitpossiblebythemethodsuggestedby
you
ifpossiblereplymeonhardik_patadia@yahoo.co.in

Title:Sampleproject
Name:Anil
Date:8/23/201011:43:21PM
Comment:
cananybodypleasesendmesampleprojecttodisplayimagesoncrystalreportMyImages
arestoredonharddiskhavecreateddatasetbutitsaskinglogoninformationfordataset
whattogive???
pleasesendmesampleworkingcodekarwankar@egecaect.com

Title:HowtoshowimagesinCR2008fromaURL
Name:AbhayD
Date:8/10/20106:00:52AM
Comment:
Ihaveaddedapicturetoreport.Thenonpicturelocation,Ihavegiventhehttpaddressof
picure,butitalwaysshowthelocalimage.Couldanyonepleasehelpmeonthis.
Thanksinadvance
Abhay

Title:Sizeofimages
Name:PierreVillain
Date:6/23/20109:22:08AM
Comment:
Nicejobandthankyouforalladvices.
But,Ihaveonemorequestion:
Westoreimagesinourdatabase.Forexample,oneimageof"table"fortheproduct
"table".
Wewouldliketohaveareportwhichcouldgetimagesintermsofourproductincrystal
report.
Ifweselecttheproduct"Chair",wewouldliketoshowtheimage"Chair"linkedtothe
product.
Thematterissizeofimagesisuptotheproduct.
Doescrystalreportresizetheimageeachtimewewillloadthereport?
Wedon'twanttohavedifferentsizesforourimage.
Forallproductswewouldlikethesamesizeofimageintoourreport.
Thankyouforyourhelp.
BestRegards,

Title:byteArr
Name:Matejkerjanc
Date:6/21/20109:13:34AM
Comment:
okconsiderthiscode:
privatebyte[]downloadedData
...
codetofillthisdownloadedData
forinstancefrommemorystream.ToArray()
...

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...
byte[]imageData=downloadedData
MemoryStreamstream=newMemoryStream(imageData)
System.Drawing.ImageImg1=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream)
Ihopeitclarifiesthisfurther...
________________________________________________________
ontheotherhandigotsomeotherproblem
Onthesiteiusethis(myreportsite)getsinfo:"Thereportyourequestedrequires
furtherinformation."
Itseemsthisdatasetrequiresfurtherinfo,butwhyi'mnotconnectingtoabase..i'llbereal
gratefulforexplanation)

Title:UseCSS
Name:JohnAneston
Date:6/19/20107:42:10AM
Comment:
Itsactuallyprettysimpletoimport(orjustcallreference)images.Igotthisideawhile
implementingCSStoareportviewerpage.
step1:
Usethisinyourreportdisplayingaspxpage
&gthtml&lt
&gthead&lt
&gtstyle&lt
.classname
{
background:url(images/xyz.jpg)norepeatlefttop}
&gtstyle&lt
&gt/head&lt
&gtbody&lt
&gtcrp:crystalreportviewerload&lt
&gt/body&lt
&gt/html&lt
step2:
InsertaTextboxobjectinyour.rptfile
step3:
RightclicktextboxobjectandselectFormatObject,under"CSSClassName"givethe
classnamementionedinyouraspxpage.
step4:(optional)
Ifyouaretousedynamicimages,repeatstep1forallimagesandgotostep3.Thencreate
formulastoprovidetherespectiveclassnamesdynamically.
Itsassimpleasthat.

Title:byteArr
Name:JV
Date:6/10/20103:41:40AM
Comment:
imalsohavingproblemw/thiscode.
doweneedtoimportsomething?
drawingImage=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(newSystem.IO.MemoryStream
(byteArr))

Title:byteArr
Name:Matejkerjanc
Date:5/26/20107:37:49AM
Comment:
regardingbyteArr....

ididsimilar

DownloadData(url2)
byte[]imageData2=downloadedData
MemoryStreamstream2=newMemoryStream(imageData2)
System.Drawing.ImageImg2=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(stream2)
stream2.Close()

DownloadDataacceptsurlandsetslocalvariabledownloadedData(theimagefromurlin
bytearray)

Title:Smallchange
Name:RobinThomas
Date:3/18/20104:02:57AM
Comment:
Thanxforthiswonerfulpost.
verysmallmistake.
row[0]=br.ReadBytes(br.BaseStream.Length)
shouldbechangedto

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shouldbechangedto
row[0]=br.ReadBytes((int)br.BaseStream.Length)

Title:imagepath
Name:iqbalahmad
Date:1/22/20105:32:40AM
Comment:
Iusingcr11iwanthowtocreatimagepathfromimagefolder

Title:byteArr
Name:kumar
Date:12/16/20095:18:09AM
Comment:
whatthisbyteArrdo?Coulduplzgivemeanidea.

Title:Whreistheanswertothat??
Name:YLO
Date:12/15/200910:03:26AM
Comment:
butoneshouldalwaysneverassumethattheuserisgoingtoknowwhattodowith
"byteArr"orwhatitrepresents.Pleaseshowallcoderelevanttothepost.

Title:GotIt
Name:Paul
Date:11/26/20098:20:37PM
Comment:
thisarticleisgreate,igotmyimagetothereport
thanksalot.

Title:byteArr
Name:Jeremy
Date:10/23/200912:15:49PM
Comment:
Goodqueation,William.Thesearticlesaregreat,butoneshouldalwaysneverassumethat
theuserisgoingtoknowwhattodowith"byteArr"orwhatitrepresents.Pleaseshowall
coderelevanttothepost.

Title:byteArr???
Name:William
Date:10/16/20095:47:11PM
Comment:
helpmepleaseIdon'tknowwhatdowiththat?
ByteArr
Howtouseit?

Title:Mr.
Name:SandeepRAI
Date:9/4/20093:48:37AM
Comment:
Thankyouverymuchforthisarticle,Itcouldbelistedontopofgooglesearch.Ihavebeen
searchingforthissolutionquitealong...
thanksonceagain

Title:anissue
Name:Kishor
Date:9/2/200910:12:16AM
Comment:
Imnew.plstellme.
drawingImage=System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(newSystem.IO.MemoryStream
(byteArr))
whatisbyteArr?

Title:THANKS
Name:Ariel
Date:8/26/20094:38:01PM
Comment:
GreatArticle!

Title:Thanks!!!!
Name:Raj
Date:8/20/20093:32:29PM
Comment:
Greatarticle...Thanksyouverymuch!!!!

Title:Email
Name:FaisalRehman
Date:7/20/200911:32:42AM
Comment:
wellgladtoseetheexampleandthecommentsthtevery1'sprbissolvednow.butmyapp
isstillnotworking,notshowinganypic:(canany1emailmetheworkingproject:(??
myemailidisjanu.bravo@gmail.com

Title:Author
Name:PradeepShukla
Date:6/22/20097:08:20AM
Comment:
Thankyoufriendsforlikingmyarticlessomuch..Itgivesmealotsofinspiration.

Title:Mr.
Name:ZaibKhan
Date:6/22/200912:50:27AM
Comment:

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Comment:
Thankyouverymuchforthisarticle,Itcouldbelistedontopofgooglesearch.Ihavebeen
searchingforthissolutionquitealong...
thanksonceagain

Title:webDeveloper
Name:AhmedIbrahim
Date:6/14/20095:07:42AM
Comment:
IveryLikeThisArticle
ThanksAlotForyourEffort

Title:Thanks!
Name:Ray
Date:4/8/200912:08:58PM
Comment:
Thisworksperfect,thanksyou.NowIjustneedtohuntaroundtofindouthowtokeep
theimageperspective,andwhytheimageslookaweful.Theyseemtobegettingdithered
whenIexportaPDFinVB/net!Crystalreport...gottahateit.

Title:DynamicSizeforDynamicImages?
Name:Selma
Date:3/13/20099:44:18AM
Comment:
thanksalotforthisarticle,itisveryuseful.
IhaveanotherProblem.IsitpossibletosetsizeofthisDynamicImagealsodynamicaly?

Title:Comment
Name:Tony
Date:2/19/20098:15:26AM
Comment:
thanksamillionmanItriedallsortsofthingsbeforeilandeduponyourlifesaving
article.Thanks!

Title:DynamicImagesinCrystalReport
Name:Rejinkumar
Date:2/13/20094:24:06AM
Comment:
Thankyouverymuchforthisarticle,Itcouldbelistedontopofgooglesearch.Ihavebeen
searchingforthissolutionquitealong...
thanksonceagain

Title:PrintImagesonCrystalReport7usingVB6
Name:AlokSeth
Date:12/29/20085:30:14AM
Comment:
HelloEveryone.IwanttoprintImagesthatarestoredinmyPCfolderandstorecomplete
pathinmyDatabase.Now,IwanttoPrintthesefilewithPictureinCrystalReport7.So,
pleasehelpme..mymailIDisalok.seth@yahoo.co.in

Title:Pleasehelp
Name:Sanjivani
Date:10/21/20089:09:26AM
Comment:
Thankyouverymuchforthisarticle.Itsveryinformative.Btimgettingoneproblem.i
amntabletoseeimage.Insteadofthatbinarydataisdisplayed.Canupleaseguideme
watmightbetheproblem?

Title:Eng.
Name:MohammedElSaid
Date:10/18/20088:59:11PM
Comment:
ExcellentArticle
Thanksverymuch

Title:DisplayDynamicImageInCrystalReport10.0
Name:ketan
Date:9/14/200811:29:15AM
Comment:
IhaveArchivethatOneInMyOneIDBadgeApplication
Seethis:http://dotnetmagic.blogspot.com/2008/09/crystalreport100dynamicimage
display.html

Title:littlemore
Name:NaveedAnjum
Date:9/12/20087:28:51AM
Comment:
hiPradeepShukla,
verygoodarticleuwrotehereforus
thanks
actuallyimusingVS2005.net,andcrystalreport.
idon'thaveimagefieldinmyDataTable,
iaddedImageColumninDataTableatruntime..
Butidon'thaveimagefieldin"ObjectExplorer"
HowcanIaddimagefieldtotheCrystalReportonDesigntime.
andHowwillitBindwithDatainDataset..

Title:Thereportyourequestedrequiresfurtherinformation.
Name:Ahmad
Date:8/13/20085:37:18AM
Comment:
ihaveproblemwithcrystalreportididn'tfinfanyanswerofmyquestionthetitleappear

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ihaveproblemwithcrystalreportididn'tfinfanyanswerofmyquestionthetitleappear
tomewhenirunthereportnowamusingdatasetcreatedfromsolutionexplorerandi
calleditfromreportfromado.netfoldersoidon'tknowhowsolvethisproblem

Title:Imagesizeproblem
Name:SachinDevre
Date:7/15/20088:09:45AM
Comment:
Hi,
Iamabletodisplayimagesoncrystalreportruntime.Alsotomaintainedaspectratio,I
havesetpropertycangrow.
Butthiscauseaproblem,itshrinkstheimageswhiledisplaying.
Canitberesolved?

Title:Ihaveapoblem
Name:byLuca
Date:7/9/20088:20:06AM
Comment:
Hi,I'mLuca..ididallthesebutinreportnoimagescame..Iimportincrystalreportthe
datatable,butcrystalseetheobjectlikeanumber,notlikeaimage..Idon'tknow..Canyou
helpmeplease?It'saverydifficultproblemforme..thanks..bye,Luca

Title:PlzHelp
Name:Sam
Date:6/13/20085:09:21AM
Comment:
Noimageiscoming.canuplzaddthesourcecodefordownload

Title:Plzhelp!
Name:Reshma
Date:6/5/20082:52:06AM
Comment:
Everythingworksfine,Butfinallywhenisetthedatasourceofthecrystalreportwiththe
datatableitshowsthefollowingexception.
"Invalidindex.(ExceptionfromHRESULT:0x8002000B(DISP_E_BADINDEX))".
Plzdohelp.

Title:Image
Name:nitu
Date:5/12/20084:49:04AM
Comment:
IamdevelopingaapplicationofprintingtheIcard.soihaveaprobleminthecrystal
report.thathowtoimportoneormoreimagesdynamicallyoncrystalreportinvb.net
2005.ifimageisstoredinaparticularimagefolderandnothingstoredinthedatabase.

Title:Howtoretriewimagefromdatabase
Name:Sonalibahndare
Date:5/12/20084:35:40AM
Comment:
hi,ihaveonequestion.Iwanttostoreanimageindatabaseinbinnaryformat.&display
thatimageincrystalreport.Iyoutellmehowitisworkinvb6.0

Title:dynamiconeormoreimageincrystalreporthelp
Name:Ramesh
Date:5/7/20087:43:08AM
Comment:
IamdevelopingaapplicationofprintingtheIcard.soihaveaprobleminthecrystal
report.thathowtoimportoneormoreimagesdynamicallyoncrystalreportinvb.net
2005.ifimageisstoredinaparticularimagefolderandnothingstoredinthedatabase.

Title:crystalreportsdynamicimagehelp
Name:RameshJangir
Date:5/7/20087:32:19AM
Comment:
howtoshowaimagedynamicallyoncrystalreportinvb.net2005.ifimageisstoredina
folderandnothingstoredinthedatabase.

Title:worksgreat
Name:Raj
Date:1/21/20087:44:53PM
Comment:
Thanksman.Itworksgreat.
Oneshouldbecarefulaboutsettingtheimg'sdatatypeinthedatatabletobyte[].You
cannotsetitdirectlytobyte[]intheproperties,howeveryouchangeitinthesourcecode.
ex:data.Columns.Add("img",typeof(Byte[]))
Don'tforgettoresynchronizethedatabaseincrystalifyouarealreadyhavethedatasetin
thedatabaseofcrystal.
Hopethiswouldbehelpfulfortheotherfriendshowarestruggling.
Moreinfolookat:
http://www.msdner.net/devarchive/95/27955602.shtm
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=233496&SiteID=1
happycoding
Raj

Title:Showimagesoncrystalreports
Name:Raveens
Date:1/18/20081:33:31AM

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Date:1/18/20081:33:31AM
Comment:
Hi,Iwouldliketoimporttheimageswhicharethereonthedatabase.Theimageisstored
inthedatabaseinbytearray(bytea())format.Iamabletogetthecontentinthecolumn.
Buthowtogettheimagedirectlyalongwithothercolumndata.
Thnxinadvance

Title:NotabetosetthedatatypeofimagetoSystem.Byte[]
Name:Binu
Date:1/16/20081:06:07AM
Comment:
HiItriedthismethodbutthedatatypeSystem.Byte[]isnotlistedinthelistofavailable
datatypes.I'mworkinginVS2005

Title:HowtodeclarebyteArrwithinitialvalue
Name:MahinderLal
Date:1/7/20082:36:13PM
Comment:
CanyoupleasealsoexplainhowtodeclarebyteArrwithinitialvaluetoavoidruntimenull
error?ItrieddeclaringitasByte(),butgetnullbuffererroratruntime.
Thanks

Title:hotoshowadynamicimageoncrystalreportinvb.net2003pathis
storedindatabaseandimageinimagefolderinrootdirectory
Name:manmohan
Date:12/19/20077:33:56AM
Comment:
howtoshowaimagedynamicallyoncrystalreportinvb.net2003pathisstoredindata
baseandimageisinimagefolderinrootdirectory.Thanks

Title:GoodJob
Name:Friend
Date:10/24/20077:13:08AM
Comment:
Worksprefect

Title:crystalreportsdynamicimagehelp
Name:ankit
Date:10/23/20075:54:49AM
Comment:
Hi,
IwanttoshowtheimagesinCrystalreportdynamically,Ihavestorethefullpathofimage
indatabasee.g.(http://0.0.0.0/someimages.jpg),nowIhavetoshowtheimage
correspondtothatpathincrystalreport.PLzcanyoudescribehowcanidothismy
personalidisankit.panchal@zmail.ril.com

Title:imagenotshown
Name:laby
Date:10/12/20077:26:03AM
Comment:
iamusingwindowsapplnhelphelpme

Title:imagenotshown
Name:laby
Date:10/12/20077:24:48AM
Comment:
ididallthesebutinreportnoimagescamebuthelpmeout

Title:Logontothedatabase???Server=dataset????
Name:Sladjana
Date:8/22/20079:29:32AM
Comment:
thereisjustoneproblem,CrystalReprotsdemandstoLogOntothedatabase,andthe
nameofthedatasetisintheserverfield.Itriedtosetdatabaselogontofalse,butit
doesn'twork.Howtoavoidlogonorhowtosetthelogon?????
Thanks

Title:Q
Name:Ethan
Date:8/16/20072:07:13PM
Comment:
canyoupleaseaddafullVSproyecttodownload??

Title:worksverywellbuthandlewithcare
Name:vishalgiri
Date:8/7/200710:27:34AM
Comment:
datatypetodatasetcolumncheckSystem.Byte[]thatsquarebracketsareveryimpwasted
my5hours

Title:feedback
Name:Rajib
Date:7/9/20078:34:27AM
Comment:
ijusttookitlet'shopeitwillwork.Butsurelyiwillgetaideafromthisarticle

Title:PleaseSendmeCrystalreporthelp
Name:PravinBpandit
Date:6/30/20079:03:14AM
Comment:
Hi,

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IwanttoshowtheimagesinCrystalreportdynamically,Ihavestorethefullpathofimage
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Title:MoreDetailOnthis
Name:Rohit
Date:6/18/20078:18:08AM
Comment:
Hi,
IwanttoshowtheimagesinCrystalreportdynamically,Ihavestorethefullpathofimage
indatabase,nowIhavetoshowtheimagecorrespondtothatpathincrystalreportwith
eachrow.PLzcanyoudescribehowcanidothismypersonalidisrohit.vyas@suviinfo.com

Title:finally
Name:GuillermoAvila
Date:2/27/20079:04:14AM
Comment:
Thanx,itworksperfect.NoneedtobuyCrystalReportsXXXXXIIIIIIItherevenge2.!!

Title:thanks
Name:guest
Date:2/10/20078:40:13AM
Comment:
thisisjustwhatineeded..thanx

Title:Mr.
Name:Murat
Date:2/4/20074:50:29PM
Comment:
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