RadBinaryImage - The provided binary data may not be valid image or may contains unknown header

[Phil]

Hi All:

I have loaded my db column declared as follows:
    [Thumbnail] [varbinary](max) NULL

I have loaded the column as follow:

Dim _pdfStream As FileStream = Nothing
Dim _fileName As String = "C:\Src\Proj\trunk\Data\2010-05-May-Cover.pdf"
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(_fileName) Then
    _pdfStream = New FileStream(_fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
    Dim _length As Integer = CInt(_pdfStream.Length)
    Dim _contents(_length) As Byte
    _pdfStream.Read(_contents, 0, _length)
    _pdfStream.Close()
    ' ... insert _contents into db
End If

I reference as follows:

<asp:FormView
    id="mImageFormView" runat="server"
    DataSourceID="mImageDataSource">
    <ItemTemplate>
        <telerik:RadBinaryImage ID="rbiThumbnail" runat="server" Width="180px" Height="220px"
            DataValue='<%# Eval("Thumbnail") %>' AlternateText='No image'
            />
    </ItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>

I am getting the following:
    The provided binary data may not be valid image or may contains unknown header

Anything wrong?
How do I verify that the image data is stored correctly?

Phil

[Rosen]

Phil,

I suspect that the error you are getting is due to the fact  that you are loading a pdf file. As you may know this is not among the control's supported types.

All the best,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[Phil]

Hi:
Yes, I am loading PDF.  I was not aware that it was not a supported type.  I have also loaded a BMP.

What are the controls supported types?

Phil

[Rosen]

Hello Phil,

The supported types are the most popular image type bmp, jpeg, jpg, gif and png.

All the best,
Rosen
the Telerik team

[Ghezzo]

AR u saying  Telerik dont  have a control that can view a pdf or text file ?????
so if i want use the telerik upload for text or pdf file in a raddgrid how can i view it?

maurizio

[Phil]

Hi:
Lauch a new window. You read the pdf into a byte array, and replace the window with the pdf.  _oStream is a MemoryStream (you can replace with the byte array).  You can use an ashx handler.  This process is also useful for reporting services report, turned into pdf's.
Phil
Use http://converter.telerik.com/ to convert the following to C#.

Try
    Response.Clear()
    Response.Buffer = True
    Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
    Response.BinaryWrite(_oStream.ToArray())
    HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest()
    ' Response.End()
Catch ex As System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
    ' Thread was being aborted.
    ' Response.End() is raising the above exception,
    ' but now moved to Page_Load, changed from Response.End()
    ' to CompleteRequest()
Catch ex As Exception
    DisplayErrorMessage(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod(), "ExportToPDF problem: " & ex.Message)
    Response.Write("<BR />")
    Response.Write(ex.Message)
Finally
    _oStream.Dispose()
End Try