PictureBox using dynamically generated images

[PJ Rodriguez]

I have a picture box in my report. The images are dynamically generated based on the content of a query string. The problem I have is that I receive an access denied error message whenever I use a relative URL path (ie "~/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular").

When I use an absolute path (ie "http://localhost:53657/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular") it works with no problem.

(this works)
pictDocType.Value = "http://localhost:53657/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular"

(this does not work)
pictDocType.Value = "~/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular"
pictDocType.Value = "/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular"
pictDocType.Value = "../test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular"

I want to be able to use relative paths when calling the images. Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

[PJ Rodriguez]

Update. None of those above actually worked. If I declare the picturebox.value declaratively and use absolute paths, it works. But setting up the picturebox.value programmatically does not seem to work.

Private Sub CouncilAgenda_ItemDataBound(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.ItemDataBound
        'Display Jurisdiction

        Dim conJurisdiction As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("CouncilAgendaConnectionString").ConnectionString)
        conJurisdiction.Open()
        Dim cmdJurisdiction As New SqlCommand("select jurisdictionname from configuration", conJurisdiction)
        Dim jurisdictionName As String
        jurisdictionName = cmdJurisdiction.ExecuteScalar

        conJurisdiction.Close()

        pictDocType.Value = "~/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=ouncil Agenda&size=58&style=regular"
        pictJurisdiction.Value = "~/test/generateimage.aspx?font=1&text=" & jurisdictionName.ToString & "&size=24&style=regular"
        pictDocTypeFirstLetter.Value = "~/test/generateimage.aspx?font=2&text=C&size=88&style=regular"

    End Sub

[Hadib Ahmabi]

It won't work, simply because on ItemDataBound the values are already evaluated. Try ItemDataBinding.
Relative url-s don't work declaratively, so most probably, they won't work programmatically either.
Since you can write code, why don't you just fetch the images manually and pass an Image object directly to the PictureBox's values? This should be easy enough.