Creating Bound Images

ComponentOne Reports for WinForms Designer Edition: ComponentOne Reports for WinForms > Reports for WinForms Task-Based Help > Reporting Task-Based Help > Adding Images to the Report > Creating Bound Images

Bound images are images stored in database fields. To display these images in your reports, add a field to the report and set its Picture property to a string containing the name of the column where the image is stored.

To add bound image fields to your report using the C1ReportDesigner:

1. In Design mode of the C1ReportDesigner, click the Add Bound Picture button located in the Fields group of the Design tab.

This shows a menu with all binary fields in the current data source.

2. Select the field you want to add to the report.

To add bound image fields to your report using code:

If the field "Photo" in the database contains embedded OLE objects or raw image streams, and the report contains a field called "fEmployeePhoto", then the following code would display the employee photo in the field:

• Visual Basic

fEmployeePhoto.Picture = "Photo"

• C#

fEmployeePhoto.Picture = "Photo";

Sample Report Available

For the complete report, see report "04: Bound Images" in the CommonTasks.xml report definition file, which is available for download from the CommonTasks sample on the ComponentOne HelpCentral Sample page.