Dynamically add and display external Image in RDLC Report from code behind in ASPNet

In this article I will explain with an example, how to show external images to RDLC Report in ASP.Net. The path of the external image will be dynamically set from code behind using Report parameter.

Configuring the RDLC Report

1. I have already added a blank RDLC Report and an Image to the Solution folder.

Dynamically add and display external Image in RDLC Report from code behind in ASP.Net

2. Now add a Parameter to the RDLC Report of type text and set its name.

3. Insert an Image on to the RDLC Report.

Set its name, ToolTip to be displayed and make sure you select the Image Source as External. Next we need to set the following formula which means that path of the image will be fetched from the ImagePath Report Parameter we have added in step #2.

=Parameters!ImagePath.Value

Then in the Size Tab you need to set the Display property as Original Size.

Once image gets added you should see as below.

HTML Markup

The HTML Markup consists of ASP.Net ScriptManager and ReportViewer control.

<%@ Register Assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

Namespace="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms" TagPrefix="rsweb" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

</head>

<body>

<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">

</asp:ScriptManager>

<rsweb:ReportViewer ID="ReportViewer1" runat="server">

</rsweb:ReportViewer>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Namespaces

You will need to import the following namespace.

using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;

VB.Net

Imports Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms

Display external image in RDLC Report

In the below code, first thing I am setting the Report Path and then the most important property EnableExternalImages has to be set to True, otherwise the image will not be shown.

Finally we need to convert the image path to File Uri and then pass as value to the ImagePath Report Parameter and pass it to the RDLC Report.

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (!this.IsPostBack)

{

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportPath = Server.MapPath("~/Report.rdlc");

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = true;

string imagePath = new Uri(Server.MapPath("~/images/Mudassar.jpg")).AbsoluteUri;

ReportParameter parameter = new ReportParameter("ImagePath", imagePath);

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(parameter);

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh();

}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

If Not Me.IsPostBack Then

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportPath = Server.MapPath("~/Report.rdlc")

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = True

Dim imagePath As String = New Uri(Server.MapPath("~/images/Mudassar.jpg")).AbsoluteUri

Dim parameter As New ReportParameter("ImagePath", imagePath)

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(parameter)

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh()

End If

End Sub

Once you execute the application you should be able to view the external image in RDLC Report as shown below.

Image not visible and Cross Image appears in RDLC Report

Now in spite of following all steps if you still do not see the report and you see a cross image icon on the RDLC Report, then you need to follow the following procedure.

You will need to make sure that either both or one of the following Handlers are added to the Web.Config file.

1. Add the following to <system.web> => <httpHandlers> section.

2. Add the following to <system.webServer> => <handlers> section.

Note: If you don’t have both sections in your Web.Config then you can add only to the one you have.

Demo

View Demo

Downloads

Download Code

Dynamically add and display external Image in RDLC Report from code behind in ASP.Net

Related

Ask Question

Company

Explore

Follow us

Contact Us