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Hi,

For a home project I'm working on, I'm trying to get access to images within

the web path, but the images don't show and I thing its because of the paths.

Here is the dir structure:

wwwroot

App_Code

UserControls

ProductPictures

Now, the problem is that I've created a User control thats in the

UserControl directory. The images are in the ProductPictures dir. I can't

seem to use:

ProductPictures/imagename.gif

or

../ProductPictures/imagename.gif

I've also tried:

~/ProductPictures/imagename.gif

none of these work, I think because the user control is not in the wwwroot

dir. Would that be correct? If so, How can I get to that path from the

UserControl dir. I'm hoping I don't have to use the absolute path because

that would cause alot of changes before putting it on the web server. Any

suggestions? Thanks for any suggestions.

Michael


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Hi Again,

I've been doing some more testing and I have found a few things. To start

off with let me post the code:

**User control**

<asp:Repeater ID="SpecialsRepeater" runat="server"

DataSourceID="SpecialsDataSource">

<ItemTemplate>

<asp:ImageButton ID="ImageButton1" runat="server"



ImageUrl='../ProductPictures/<%#Eval("Image1FileName")#%>'



PostBackUrl='../Product.aspx?ProductID=<%#Eval("ProductID")%>'/>



</ItemTemplate>

</asp:Repeater>

If I removed the Eval and put the imagename in manually, it seems to work,

but I put it back, the system can't seem to find the images again. I've tried

many, many combos for the path and nothing seems to work right when I use the

eval function.

Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks

Michael





"Michael" wrote:

When you use the Eval function and view the source of the resulting

page, what does the path look like? Is it off by a directory? Is the

corrrect file name there?



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Choose View Source in the browser when it DOES work, and compare the

differences when you View Source when it DOESN'T work



Jeff



"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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here is your coding error:



ImageUrl='../ProductPictures/<%#Eval("Image1FileName")#%>'



you can not imbed <%# %>(binding value) inside a property value string. the

value must start with a "<%#" and end with a "#%>" or it will not be

processed. try:



ImageUrl='<%# Format("Image1FileName") %>'



-- bruce (sqlwork.com)





"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message



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Hi Bruce,

Thanks to everyone that replied. I will try the solutions tonight when I get

home.

Thanks Mike





"bruce barker (sqlwork.com)" wrote: