Displaying images in a report

Hi all

I have a report and I display specific images based on the parameter selected. i.e. If parameter value = "1" then I display "image1.jpg". The images were added as a part of the project so I was able to display the images by setting the value property on the images to the image file name. So if I want to display image1.jpg then I would set the value property of the image to "image1.jpg".

Now I have decided to create a folder called "images" in which I want to keep all the images. So I have removed the images from the project. In the value property of the image when I put "/images/image1.jpg" it doesnt work. I have also tried "images/image1.jpg" When I run the report in the Preview mode, the image is not shown. How do i fix this?

The directory struncture is so:

Reports folder

--images folder

-image1.jpg

-image2.jpg

--report1.rdl

--report2.rdl

Thanks guys!!

One thing you could do is embed the images so they're available without being published separately. But if you have a very large number of alternative images, I guess this might be cumbersome.

For dynamic images, you can create a parameter with the location/path of these reports, such as file://.... or /. finishing up with the final path slash. Now your values are something like

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IIF(paramvalue = "1",paramlocation & "image1.jpg", paramlocation & "image2.jpg")

... or maybe if the "1" represents a part of the image filename, it's really just something like the following (no IIF):

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paramlocation & "image" & paramvalue & ".jpg"

... IOW, you can fully-qualify the path, and this is one way I know for sure it works.

I'm not entirely clear on where you put the images and whether, therefore, the relative path you're using is going to work as you think it is. If it's on the Report Server you can try using Globals!ReportFolderand Globals!ReportServer to build up the image path but I haven't personally had much luck doing it that way.

You may also be using ReportViewer and trying to set the folder according to where your EXE is (or your webapp if it's a webform ReportViewer)? I think you still need to fully-qualify that path.

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|||I have several images that I need to change based upon a parameter being passed in. I put the images in my images folder on my website and changed the image names to each parameter being passed. I then placed a web image on the report and changed the value of the image in properties to something like the following. "=http://server/images/" & Fields!parameter.Value & ".jpg" This way it changes the image based upon a parameter. Basically changing the image property to a string. Hope this might help.

Jason