Question

i’m using following code for displaying image inside gridview

  <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Contact" 
                    HeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="left" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="left" >
                <HeaderTemplate>
                          Cover Image
                            </HeaderTemplate>
                <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:Image ID="imgCover" runat="server" AlternateText="Image Cover" ImageUrl='<%# Eval("Cover_Path") %>' />

                </ItemTemplate>
                <HeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Left"></HeaderStyle>
                <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Left"></ItemStyle>
            </asp:TemplateField>

in the bind data source to gridview “Cover_Path” value is

E:\Industry\BicesterBooks\BookCovers\sq.jpg

which is the full path tot he image come from the database table.
but the image is not displaying on the web page.can any one help plz?

Answer 1

Using the virtual path worked for me.

~/BookCovers/sq.jpg