Loading images from base64 encoded strings
So, I'm trying to display images in a report that are encoded in a database as base64 encoded strings.
I've tried a couple of options, neither of which work. I just get a blank picture and no errors;
Both of these options were placed into the _BeforePrint handler.
Anyone have any ideas? This has been asked before, and I found an example in the forum, but the example file is no longer available. And since the question was quite old I didn't want to necro it.
Thanks,
L.
I've tried a couple of options, neither of which work. I just get a blank picture and no errors;
Both of these options were placed into the _BeforePrint handler.
// Just use image location as per a couple of stack overflow answers
picture.ImageLocation = (string)Report.GetColumnValue("Data.image");
// Load the image into an Image object and assign that to the image property.
Image i;
byte[] image = Convert.FromBase64String((string)Report.GetColumnValue("Data.image"));
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(image, 0, image.Length)){
i = Image.FromStream(ms, true);
}
picture.Image = i;
Anyone have any ideas? This has been asked before, and I found an example in the forum, but the example file is no longer available. And since the question was quite old I didn't want to necro it.
Thanks,
L.
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