Display Picture in DataList in VB.NET

Here I will show you how to display picture in DataList control along with data.

Program

First create a table student

Create table student (sid varchar(50),sname varchar(50),saddress varchar(50), smarks int,pic varchar (50))

Store the picture in the program folder and save there name in pic column of the table with there extension like (.gif,.jpg,.bmp)

Default.aspx code

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>

</head>
<
body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    </div

    <asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server">
    <FooterStyle BackColor="#FFCC00" ForeColor="#FF3300" />
        <EditItemStyle BackColor="#FF8080" />
        <AlternatingItemStyle BackColor="#FFFF99" />
<HeaderTemplate>
<
center><b>Student Details</b></center>
</HeaderTemplate>
    <ItemTemplate>
                        <table border="1">
                        <tr>
                        <th>sid</th>
                        <th>sname</th>
                        <th>saddress</th>
                        <th>smarks</th>
                        <th>pic</th>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                        <td><%#Container.DataItem("sid")%></td>
                        <td><%#Container.DataItem("sname")%></td>
                        <td><%#Container.DataItem("saddress")%></td>
                        <td><%#Container.DataItem("smarks")%></td>
                        <td><asp:Image ID="Image1" ImageUrl='<%#container.dataitem("pic")%>'runat="server" /></td>
                        </tr>
                        </table>
                        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:DataList>
    </form>
</body>
</
html>
 

Default.aspx.vb code

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Data

Partial Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Dim strConnString As String = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings.Item("ConnectionString").ToString()
    Dim con As New SqlConnection(strConnString)
    Dim com As SqlCommand
    Dim str As String
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) HandlesMe.Load
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            con.Open()
            Str = "select * from student"
            com = New SqlCommand(Str, con)
            Dim reader As SqlDataReader
            reader = com.ExecuteReader
            DataList1.DataSource = reader
            DataList1.DataBind()
            reader.Close()
            con.Close()
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

Output


picturewithdatalist-in-vb.net.gif
 

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