XtraReport.ImageResources Property

Provides access to a collection of the report’s named images.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatData)]
public ImageItemCollection ImageResources { get; }

VB.NET

<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatData)>
Public ReadOnly Property ImageResources As ImageItemCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
ImageItemCollection	A named image collection.

Remarks

Populate this collection with images to use them in the following report controls:

• Label
  If the AllowMarkupText property is true, you can use the image tag with the name of the image in the collection to display the image in the label text. Example: <image=UpArrow.png>

• PictureBox
  You can construct the ImageSource property’s expression to set the collection image conditionally.

• Cross Tab Cell
  If the AllowMarkupText property is true, you can use the image tag with the name of the image in the collection to display the image in the cell text. Example: <image=UpArrow.png>

Design Time

Click the ImageResources property’s ellipsis button in the Properties window. The Image Resource Collection Editor is invoked. This editor allows you to manipulate with the image collection: add, reorder and remove named images.

Visual Studio Report Designer

When you add an image in the Visual Studio Report Designer, the Image Picker is invoked. It allows you to choose an external image or an image from the DevExpress Image Library.

Visual Studio Image Chooser

DevExpress Raster Image Chooser

DevExpress Vector Image Chooser

You can choose whether to add the selected image to the report or project resources. If you add the image to project resources, you can reuse it in several reports.

Project Resources

Report Resources

End-User Report Designer

When you add an image in the End-User Report Designer, the Open File dialog is invoked.

The selected image is saved to the report definition .repx file.

Runtime

The code sample below illustrates how to use a report’s image resources to insert an image to a label.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using System.Drawing;
// ...
XtraReport report = new XtraReport();
Image image = Image.FromFile("testImage.png");
ImageItem imageItem = new ImageItem("img1", new ImageSource(image));
report.ImageResources.Add(imageItem);

XRLabel label = new XRLabel() {
    AllowMarkupText = true,
    WordWrap = true,
    Text = "Test<br>" + 
        "<size=14>Size = 14<br>" +
        "<b>Bold</b> <i>Italic</i> <u>Underline</u></size><br>" +
        "<size=11>Size = 11<br>" +
        "<color=255,0,0>Sample Text</color></size><br>" +
        "<href=www.devexpress.com>Hyperlink</href><br>" +
        "<image=img1>"
};

DetailBand detailBand = new DetailBand();
detailBand.Controls.Add(label);
report.Bands.Add(detailBand);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
Imports System.Drawing
' ...
Dim report As New XtraReport()
Dim image As Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("testImage.png")
Dim imageItem As New ImageItem("img1", New ImageSource(image))
report.ImageResources.Add(imageItem)

Dim label As New XRLabel() With {
.AllowMarkupText = True, 
.WordWrap = True, 
.Text = "Test<br>" & "<size=14>Size = 14<br>" _ 
& "<b>Bold</b> <i>Italic</i> <u>Underline</u></size><br>" _
& "<size=11>Size = 11<br>" & "<color=255,0,0>Sample Text</color></size><br>" _
& "<href=www.devexpress.com>Hyperlink</href><br>" & "<image=img1>"}

Dim detailBand As New DetailBand()
detailBand.Controls.Add(label)
report.Bands.Add(detailBand)