inserting image into VStudio report based on fieldname

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Hi
I am new to Visual Studio 2013 - used to use Crystal Reports but its image handling was poor.

I have dragged an Image from the toolbox onto my report and the Image Properties box appears where you can type in the NAME, Tooltip, Image source and "use this image"

I have made the Image Source EXTERNAL (not EMBEDDED or DATABASE).
In the "use this image" field, I want to give the path to where the images are stored (lets say C:\images) and then the field name.

I have tried things like file://C:\\images\\ & companylogo

and

"C:\\images\\" & companylogo and lots of other ways, but I can't make it work.

If I point to a real image I can get it to work, but i need it to look at the field name within each record on the report to determin which image to use.

Can anyone assist please?

Ian

Posted 3-Feb-15 7:05am

Member 11424364

Updated 3-Feb-15 22:43pm

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Richard MacCutchan 3-Feb-15 13:26pm

You have tagged this Visual Studio which is an IDE. What programming language or product are you actually using?

Member 11424364 3-Feb-15 13:36pm

Hi Richard, thanks for replying.

I am just using Visual Studio 2013 Reporting Services. I haven't used any programming. Not sure where to start with that!

thanks

ian

Richard MacCutchan 4-Feb-15 4:33am

You need to update your question with the correct tag ("Reporting Services"), and better detail about exactly where you are entering these pathnames.

Member 11424364 4-Feb-15 4:38am

ok, thanks Richard. Really appreciate it, being new here.

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