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Use an ImageField to display an image stored on the servers hard drive
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You can't use an ImageField to display images stored in a database table.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<script runat="server">
protected void frmPhoto_ItemInserting(object sender, FormViewInsertEventArgs e)
{
FileUpload upPhoto = (FileUpload)frmPhoto.FindControl("upPhoto");
srcImages.InsertParameters["FileName"].DefaultValue = upPhoto.FileName;
string savePath = MapPath("~/Photos/" + upPhoto.FileName);
upPhoto.SaveAs(savePath);
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>Show ImageField</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:GridView
id="grdImages"
DataSourceID="srcImages"
AutoGenerateColumns="false"
ShowHeader="false"
Runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:ImageField
DataImageUrlField="FileName"
DataImageUrlFormatString="~/Photos/{0}"
DataAlternateTextField="AltText"
ControlStyle-Width="200px" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<asp:SqlDataSource
id="srcImages"
ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Photos %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT FileName, AltText FROM Photos"
InsertCommand="INSERT Photos (FileName, AltText)
VALUES (@FileName, @AltText)"
Runat="server">
<InsertParameters>
<asp:Parameter Name="FileName" />
</InsertParameters>
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<hr />
<asp:FormView
id="frmPhoto"
DefaultMode="Insert"
DataSourceID="srcImages"
OnItemInserting="frmPhoto_ItemInserting"
Runat="server">
<InsertItemTemplate>
<h1>Add Photo</h1>
<asp:Label
id="lblPhoto"
Text="Photo:"
AssociatedControlID="upPhoto"
Runat="server" />
<br />
<asp:FileUpload
id="upPhoto"
Runat="server" />
<br />
<asp:Label
id="lblAltText"
Text="Alternate Text:"
AssociatedControlID="txtAltText"
Runat="server" />
<br />
<asp:TextBox
id="txtAltText"
Text='<%# Bind("AltText") %>'
Columns="50"
Runat="server" />
<br />
<asp:Button
id="btnInsert"
Text="Add New Photo"
CommandName="Insert"
Runat="server" />
</InsertItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
File: Web.config
<configuration>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Products"
connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
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