Visual Basic

1-Jun-09 21:44

I need a help, plzzzzzz help me Frown | :(

.Iam doing this for last 20 days and everytime i'm getting typical errors.
plz anyone of u, specially MVP Persons help me.

I want to save an image in my access table, iam using vb.net2008 as frontend. there are 10 fields of text, 1 of combobox and 1 of picture box.Its just like a query form along with the phto which i want to save in my access database.
YOur immediate help would be appreciable.
Byee
mirza

Christian Graus1-Jun-09 21:53

Christian Graus

1-Jun-09 21:53

mirzamujib wrote:
YOur immediate help would be appreciable.

IMMEDIATE help ? Because we owe you or something ?

This is a trivial task, widely reported on the internet. What have you done to try to solve it ? What errors are you getting ? If you ask questions properly, you will get better answers.

Christian Graus

Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question.

"! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 0:55

2-Jun-09 0:55

hello Mr.Graus

Actually i really got fedup by searching the procedure of "Saving an image in access" using vb.net2008.

i'm attaching here my code,please find it where iam going error.

Try
Dim conn As New OleDbConnection
Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand
conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Contacts3\mycontacts.mdb;"

conn.Open()
cmd = conn.CreateCommand
cmd.CommandText = "Insert into mycontactstab(TextBox1.Text,TextBox2.Text,TextBox3.Text,TextBox4.Text,picturebox1.image) values(@Email1,@Email2,@Website,@Notes,@Image)"

Try
Dim imgbytearray As Byte
Dim stream As New MemoryStream
Dim bmp As New Bitmap(stream)
bmp.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Jpeg)
imgbytearray = stream.ToString() ''''might be here i'm going wrong'''''
stream.Close()
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email1", TextBox1.Text)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email2", TextBox2.Text)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Website", TextBox3.Text)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Note", TextBox4.Text)
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Image", imgbytearray)
If DirectCast(cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(), Integer) > 0 Then
Return
End If

Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
'Return

End Try
conn.Close()
cmd.Dispose()
conn.Dispose()

Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Return
End Try

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jun-09 4:44

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jun-09 4:44

mirzamujib wrote:
cmd.CommandText = "Insert into mycontactstab(TextBox1.Text,TextBox2.Text,TextBox3.Text,TextBox4.Text,picturebox1.image) values(@Email1,@Email2,@Website,@Notes,@Image)"

Your seriously need to pickup a beginners book on VB.NET. This single line has a very serious problem in it stems from a lack of understanding of how strings work and how SQL works.

mirzamujib wrote:
''''might be here i'm going wrong'''''

No, you're going wrong in just about that entire code snippet you posted. Seriously, you need to get the basics of the language down first before trying something like this.

A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008

Jon_Boy2-Jun-09 1:52

Jon_Boy

2-Jun-09 1:52

Christian Graus wrote:
"! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.

LOL. Reading some of the questions gives me a headache.

"There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people." - Mr. Garrison

mindserve1-Jun-09 23:13

1-Jun-09 23:13

1st, let me start by saying that saving an image in Access is a bad idea.
It will be a memory hog and Access only can hold about 1 gb of data.
What you should do is just offer a path to the image and allow that to load when needed. What are your "Typical" errors?

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 0:58

2-Jun-09 0:58

Hello,

Ya that wil be better if i save a path instead of a picture itself..thnx for ur idea but iam very new to vb.net, wil u please help me to get the code to save the path of an image...

Thnx mindserve....

Tom Deketelaere2-Jun-09 1:09

Tom Deketelaere

2-Jun-09 1:09

Look at
system.io.file
system.io.path
system.io.directory
namespaces

You should be able to figure it out

(saving a path to db is just saving a string)

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 2:00

2-Jun-09 2:00

Hello Tom

here i''m copying my code,plz have a look on it and suggest me how should i write code for my insert command.

Dim connectionstring As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\Contacts3\mycontacts.mdb;Persist Security Info=False"
Dim con As New OleDbConnection(connectionstring)
Dim cmd as new OleDbCommand
Try

con.Open()
Dim str As String = "Insert into mycontactstab values ( '" & TextBox6.Text & "','" & TextBox4.Text & "','" & TextBox7.Text & "','" & TextBox10.Text & "','" & TextBox11.Text & "','" & TextBox8.Text & "','" & TextBox9.Text & "',PicureBox1.image)"----(here wht should i write as i took picture box to retrieve and save an image)-----
Dim cmd As New OleDbCommand(str, con)

If cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() Then

Tom Deketelaere2-Jun-09 2:10

Tom Deketelaere

2-Jun-09 2:10

0) Read up on 'SQL injections' (google it)
1) as to your question. A picturbox has a property 'imagelocation' this should be the path where the image is loaded from.
Better practice tho is to copy the image to folder that you control and only save the imagename. (since you have the folder path (keep it in a parameter or so) you can always reload the image)
Why? If you allow the user to pick an image from his folders they can delete that picture afterwards, breaking your data.

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 4:03

2-Jun-09 4:03

thnxs Tom for ur knowledgable reply.Now i'm not getting an error on my insert command to which i changed for picturebox1.imagelocation.
Dim str As String = "Insert into mycontactstab values ( TextBox7.Text & "','" & TextBox10.Text & "','" & TextBox11.Text & "','" & TextBox8.Text & "','" & TextBox9.Text & "','" & PictureBox1.ImageLocation & "')"

Kindly let me knw the syntax to save the image address in my access database and how can i retrieve it.

I'l be thankful for u....

Mirza

Tom Deketelaere2-Jun-09 7:37

Tom Deketelaere

2-Jun-09 7:37

from what I can see this should work. (sql injunctions aside)

Are you getting errors?

Basically if you want to save the path of the image you just save it as a string (like your doing with the textbox values)
picturebox1.imagelocation gives you that string
This doesn't mean your are saving the image itself only where it is located on the harddrive.
When you want to show the image again you need to retrieve this path and set the picturebox1.imagelocation to this path.

Like I said before this is not the best way to do it, better would be to copy the image to a safe location (one where the user can't delete it) and save the image name (file name).

Play with it a bit, research the namespaces I gave in my first reply.
And really look at SQL injunctions it will save you from a lot of trouble.

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 20:55

2-Jun-09 20:55

Thank u Mr.Tom

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 4:09

2-Jun-09 4:09

Thanks Tom for your knowledgable information...now i dont've any error on my insert syntax as shown:
Dim str As String = "Insert into mycontactstab values ('" & TextBox8.Text & "','" & TextBox9.Text & "','" & PictureBox1.ImageLocation & "')"

Kindly let know the syntax whch saves the imagepath in my access database and upon clicking retrieve button it should upload my image.

Once Again thnk for your help.
tc

mindserve2-Jun-09 2:47

2-Jun-09 2:47

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic53876.htm
It's right here on this forum, or you can google it.
You won't learn if you don't try to play with it on your own.

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 4:14

2-Jun-09 4:14

Hi,

Its true but iam also much trying to solve this problem but dont knw where i'm lacking behind...The link which u gave above is just to upload an image from database, i need to knw how to save it in a database.anyways thnk u so much for ur valuable help..

mindserve2-Jun-09 3:18

2-Jun-09 3:18

I have source code for you but you have to figure out how to save the path to a database and then it will load the image back.

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 4:17

2-Jun-09 4:17

iam trying mr.mindserve... Unsure | :~

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 20:51

2-Jun-09 20:51

oK Mr.mindserve...
Thank you...

mirzamujib2-Jun-09 22:55

2-Jun-09 22:55

Hello mindserve,

I've successfully able to save the path of an image in my database,now iam unable to load the image back, as u said that u'l help me in loading the image back if i figure out how to save the path to a database..

Kindly reply me...am eagerly waiting for ur reply..

plzzzzzzz

mindserve2-Jun-09 23:49

2-Jun-09 23:49

Add two buttons to the form1, one picture box and one label
Follow the code for the names of the controls.
Also add openfiledialog to the application from the toolbox. it is named dlgOpen

Then add this code to the form1
-------------------------------------------
Class Form1

Private Sub lblPhotoFileBefore_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lblPhotoFileBefore.Click

End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

1: lblPhotoFileBefore.Text = ""
2: Photo.Image = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub ShowPhoto()
1: If lblPhotoFileBefore.Text <> "" Then
2: Try
3: Photo.Image = Image.FromFile(lblPhotoFileBefore.Text)
4: Catch ex As Exception
5: MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error Loading Photo", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
6: End Try
7: Else
8: Photo.Image = Nothing
9: End If

End Sub

Private Sub btnLoadPhoto_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLoadPhoto.Click
1: Try
2: If dlgOpen.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
3: lblPhotoFileBefore.Text = dlgOpen.FileName

4: Call ShowPhoto()
5: End If

6: Catch ex As Exception
7: MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error Opening Photo", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
8: End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub
End Class

mirzamujib3-Jun-09 22:40