Crystal report Image from Path

I finally figured it out. Here’s a solution to show Images in crystal report from Path.

In your Windows form application project, add a new DataSet with name ImageData.

In ImageData.xsd dataset add following rows.

ImageData.xsd Rows :

1. Image with Datatype System.Byte[]
2. Name with Datatype System.String

Making the Crystal Report form :

In your project, make a new Blank crystal report form as following :

To add the Dataset in your crystal form follow the following procedure :

1. Right Click on your crystal report> Goto Database > Database Expert.
2. Select Project Data >ADO.NET Datasets > Select the dataset you made above.
3. Done.

 

Now open Field Explorer by right clicking on your crystal report form and Drag n Drop both the name and Image field onto your crystal report form.

Take a new Windows form and design it like below :

Code for Designing the page :

Warning : Your namespace will be different depending on your project name.

Form1.Designer.cs:

 

namespace ImagefromPath
{
partial class Form1
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
if (disposing && (components != null))
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}

#region Windows Form Designer generated code

/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.openFileDialog1 = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
this.crystalReportViewer1 = new CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.CrystalReportViewer();
this.btnforward = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.btndefault = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// button1
//
this.button1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(128)))), ((int)(((byte)(255)))));
this.button1.FlatAppearance.BorderSize = 0;
this.button1.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Popup;
this.button1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Lithos Pro Regular", 9.749999F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
this.button1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(209, 64);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(125, 32);
this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
this.button1.Text = "Choose Image";
this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = false;
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
//
// openFileDialog1
//
this.openFileDialog1.FileName = "openFileDialog1";
//
// crystalReportViewer1
//
this.crystalReportViewer1.ActiveViewIndex = -1;
this.crystalReportViewer1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
this.crystalReportViewer1.DisplayGroupTree = false;
this.crystalReportViewer1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(14, 102);
this.crystalReportViewer1.Name = "crystalReportViewer1";
this.crystalReportViewer1.SelectionFormula = "";
this.crystalReportViewer1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1233, 487);
this.crystalReportViewer1.TabIndex = 1;
this.crystalReportViewer1.ViewTimeSelectionFormula = "";
//
// btnforward
//
this.btnforward.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(128)))), ((int)(((byte)(255)))));
this.btnforward.FlatAppearance.BorderSize = 0;
this.btnforward.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Popup;
this.btnforward.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Lithos Pro Regular", 9.749999F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
this.btnforward.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
this.btnforward.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(340, 64);
this.btnforward.Name = "btnforward";
this.btnforward.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(125, 32);
this.btnforward.TabIndex = 2;
this.btnforward.Text = "Forward";
this.btnforward.UseVisualStyleBackColor = false;
this.btnforward.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnforward_Click);
//
// btndefault
//
this.btndefault.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((int)(((byte)(0)))), ((int)(((byte)(128)))), ((int)(((byte)(255)))));
this.btndefault.FlatAppearance.BorderSize = 0;
this.btndefault.FlatStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FlatStyle.Popup;
this.btndefault.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Lithos Pro Regular", 9.749999F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
this.btndefault.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
this.btndefault.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(47, 64);
this.btndefault.Name = "btndefault";
this.btndefault.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(156, 32);
this.btndefault.TabIndex = 3;
this.btndefault.Text = "Choose Default";
this.btndefault.UseVisualStyleBackColor = false;
this.btndefault.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btndefault_Click);
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1273, 601);
this.Controls.Add(this.btndefault);
this.Controls.Add(this.btnforward);
this.Controls.Add(this.crystalReportViewer1);
this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Image from File";
this.WindowState = System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState.Maximized;
this.ResumeLayout(false);

}

#endregion

private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
private System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1;
private CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.CrystalReportViewer crystalReportViewer1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnforward;
private System.Windows.Forms.Button btndefault;
}
}

 

Code file for above form.

Form1.cs :

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

namespace ImagefromPath
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public static string ImagePathLoc = "";
public static byte[] imgbyte;
ReportDocument crReportDocument;public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog())
{
dlg.Title = "Open Image";
dlg.Filter = "Image files (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe, *.jfif, *.png) | *.jpg; *.jpeg; *.jpe; *.jfif; *.png";
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
// MessageBox.Show(dlg.FileName.ToString());
Image img = Image.FromFile(dlg.FileName);

ImagePathLoc = dlg.FileName.ToString();
FileStream fstream = new FileStream(dlg.FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
imgbyte = new byte[fstream.Length];
fstream.Read(imgbyte, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fstream.Length));
fstream.Close();

ImageData ds = new ImageData();
DataRow drNew = ds.Tables[0].NewRow();
drNew["Image"] = imgbyte;
drNew["Name"] = dlg.FileName.ToString();
ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(drNew);

crystalReportViewer1.ShowExportButton = true;
crystalReportViewer1.ShowPrintButton = true;
string mApppath = Application.StartupPath;

crReportDocument = new CrystalReport1();
crReportDocument.SetDataSource(ds.Tables[0]);
crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = crReportDocument;

}
}
}

private void btnforward_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Shared shared = new Shared();
ImageData ds = new ImageData();
DataRow drNew = ds.Tables[0].NewRow();
drNew["Image"] = imgbyte;
drNew["Name"] = ImagePathLoc;
ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(drNew);
Shared.ds1 = ds;
CrystalForm ct = new CrystalForm();
ct.Show();
}

private void btndefault_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Image img = Image.FromFile(@"C:\Temp\default.jpg");

ImagePathLoc = @"C:\Temp\default.jpg";
FileStream fstream = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\default.jpg", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
imgbyte = new byte[fstream.Length];
fstream.Read(imgbyte, 0, Convert.ToInt32(fstream.Length));
fstream.Close();

ImageData ds = new ImageData();
DataRow drNew = ds.Tables[0].NewRow();
drNew["Image"] = imgbyte;
drNew["Name"] = "default.jpg";
ds.Tables[0].Rows.Add(drNew);

crystalReportViewer1.ShowExportButton = true;
crystalReportViewer1.ShowPrintButton = true;
string mApppath = Application.StartupPath;

crReportDocument = new CrystalReport1();
crReportDocument.SetDataSource(ds.Tables[0]);
crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = crReportDocument;
}
}
}

What I’m doing over here is :

1. Getting the Image from the open file dialog box or from a specified path.
2. Converting the Image captured into Byte array form.
3. Storing the Image byte array data in the DataSet.
4. Referencing the Crystal report to show the Blob data from the Dataset.
5. And we’re done.??

 

One note : Please do comment below.