Problem displaying images

silvia23 · January 26th, 2009, 09:55 AM

Thank you for an inspiring book - unfortunately I have been trying without success to define images in my xml file and display with asp.net.
my xml file:
[code]
<store>
<ourChoiceLot="1001"Title="Dyson DC25 Ball All Floors"
<FONT size=3>
<picturesrc="<FONT color=#0000ff size=2>

joefawcett · January 26th, 2009, 12:35 PM

Can you clarify your XML? It came out rather weirdly in the forum. Wrap it in code tags using the # menu button in the editor.
As an example you could use a format similar to:

Code:

<images>
<image alt="alt text here" title="title text here" height="100px" width="100px" source="http://www.example.com/images/myImage.png"/>
<!-- more image elements -->
</images>

You then just need to specify any other attributes that contain data you'll need when constructing your img element in the web page.

silvia23 · January 27th, 2009, 05:22 PM

Hi Joe

Many thanks for your quick reply - tried your suggestion but have now following error message 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.XmlDataSourceNodeDescri ptor' does not contain a property with the name 'image.
xml code:
[code]
<store>
<ourChoiceLot="1001"Title="Dyson DC25 Ball All Floors"
<images>
<image alt="Dyson DC25 Ball"source="www.website.403.png">
</images>
asp.net code:
<asp.Image id="imageLabel" runat="server" CSSclass="image" ImageUrl="'<%# Bind ("image") %>'></asp:Image>

joefawcett · January 28th, 2009, 04:23 AM

You will have to give more details of the whole process. You originally asked for a way to represent image data, there are dozens of acceptable versions, you didn't state that it needed to be in a particular format for input into another system.

silvia23 · January 28th, 2009, 09:26 AM

Hi Joe

Sorry should have stated the idea is to have an xml file listing product details for a store which will be displayed with asp.net repeater control and gridview. I have no problems with the controls for all the text but cannot display the images and having checked code for asp.net I think the fault is the way I store the image data in the xml file. The layout is all done via CSS.
I hope this gives you an idea and you are able to come up with a solution - been stuck on this problem now for quite a while but I am new to xml
Your help is much appreciated

Silvia