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ASPxImageGallery Class

An image gallery control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.v24.2.dll

Declaration

public class ASPxImageGallery :
    ASPxDataViewBase,
    ISupportsImageCaching,
    ISupportsFolderBinding,
    IControlDesigner

Remarks

The ASPxImageGallery class allows you to display images as thumbnails, navigate between them, and show images full screen.

ImageGallery_Class ImageGallery_ClassFV

Design Time

The ASPxImageGallery control is available on the DX.24.2: Navigation & Layout toolbox tab in the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Drag the control onto a form and customize the control’s settings, or paste the control’s markup in the page’s source code.

<dx:ASPxImageGallery ID="ASPxImageGallery" runat="server"
                     ThumbnailHeight="178px" ThumbnailWidth="178px" ClientInstanceName="ClientImageGallery" >
    <Paddings Padding="0" />
    <SettingsFolder ImageSourceFolder="~/Content/Images/photo_gallery/" ImageCacheFolder="~/Thumb/ImageGalleryThumb/" />
    <SettingsTableLayout ColumnCount="3" RowsPerPage="1" />
</dx:ASPxImageGallery>

Run Time

using DevExpress.Web;
...
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ASPxImageGallery imageGallery = new ASPxImageGallery();
    imageGallery.ID = "imageGallery";
    Page.Form.Controls.Add(imageGallery);

    imageGallery.ClientInstanceName = "ClientImageGallery";
    imageGallery.Paddings.Padding = 0;
    imageGallery.SettingsTableLayout.ColumnCount = 3;
    imageGallery.SettingsTableLayout.RowsPerPage = 1;

    imageGallery.SettingsFolder.ImageSourceFolder = "~/Content/Images/photo_gallery/";
    imageGallery.SettingsFolder.ImageCacheFolder = "~/Thumb/ImageGalleryThumb/";
}

Note

DevExpress controls require that you register special modules, handlers, and options in the Web.config file. You can change this file or switch to the Design tab in the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE to automatically update the Web.config file. Note that this information is automatically registered if you use the DevExpress Template Gallery to create a project.

The ASPxImageGallery control can be populated with items in different ways:

An image gallery displays a pager that allows navigation between thumbnails. When a thumbnail is clicked, the fullscreen viewer opens.

The Image Gallery supports the virtual paging mode (ImageGalleryFullscreenViewerSettings.EnableVirtualPaging) that allows end-users to load images on demand when navigating using the pager.

Note

ASPxImageGallery control provides you with comprehensive client-side functionality implemented in JavaScript code.

The control’s client-side API is enabled if the ASPxDataViewBase.ClientInstanceName property is defined or any client event is handled.

Example: How to add a watermark to images

<%@ Control Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="ASPxProcessedImageGallery.ascx.cs" Inherits="Watermark.ASPxProcessedImageGallery" %>
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<dx:ASPxImageGallery ID="ASPxImageGallery" runat="server"></dx:ASPxImageGallery>
<uc1:ASPxProcessedImageGallery runat="server" ID="ASPxProcessedImageGallery" 
  ProcessedImageFolder="~/Images/Processed" SourceImageFolder="~/Images/Original" 
  WatermarkImageUrl="~/Images/watermark.png" >
  <ImageGallery ClientInstanceName="imageGallery"
    ThumbnailWidth="120" ThumbnailHeight="160" Layout="Flow">
    <SettingsFolder ImageCacheFolder="~/Thumb" />
    <SettingsFlowLayout ItemsPerPage="5" />
    <ItemTextTemplate>
      <%# System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Container.Item.ImageUrl) %>
    </ItemTextTemplate>
  </ImageGallery>
</uc1:ASPxProcessedImageGallery>
public partial class ASPxProcessedImageGallery : System.Web.UI.UserControl {
  public ASPxImageGallery ImageGallery {
    get {
      return ASPxImageGallery;
    }
  }
  public string ProcessedImageFolder { get; set; }
  public string SourceImageFolder { get; set; }
  public string WatermarkImageUrl { get; set; }
  protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    foreach (string item in Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath(SourceImageFolder))) {
      if (!File.Exists(SourceImageFolder + "\\" + Path.GetFileName(item)))
        ProcessImage(item);
    }
    ImageGallery.SettingsFolder.ImageSourceFolder = ProcessedImageFolder;
  }

  private void ProcessImage(string name) {
    using (Image image = Image.FromFile(name))
    using (Image watermarkImage = Image.FromFile(Server.MapPath(WatermarkImageUrl)))
    using (Graphics imageGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(image))
    using (TextureBrush watermarkBrush = new TextureBrush(watermarkImage)) {
      int x = (image.Width - watermarkImage.Width);
      int y = (image.Height - watermarkImage.Height);
      watermarkBrush.TranslateTransform(x, y);
      imageGraphics.FillRectangle(watermarkBrush, new Rectangle(new Point(x, y), new Size(watermarkImage.Width + 1, watermarkImage.Height)));
      image.Save(Server.MapPath(ProcessedImageFolder + "\\" + Path.GetFileName(name)));
    }
  }
}
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