Question

Images not displaying in adrotator where its picture path like “C:\Uploader\Image.jpg” or some shared folder in server.If i give the path inside my project,its working but outside the project ( like “C:\Uploader\Image.jpg”) it not showing anything.

<telerik:RadRotator ID="radSlider" runat="server" FrameDuration="400" ScrollDuration="500"
ScrollDirection="Left" Height="250px" Width="550px">
<ItemTemplate>
    <img src='<%# Eval("FullName") %>' alt="Friday" width="550px" />
 </ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadRotator>

Here i am attaching the path dynamically using databind.What is the problem.Plz help me?Telerik or asp control

Answer 1

The client browser will never know where those images are unless you map a virtual directory to the images. Even you can not use Server.MapPath() etc to map the drive.

You should use an HttpHandler to access the file outside of your
application virtual directory.

Check following SO thread that much relevant to your problem:
Show Images from outside of ASP.NET Application

Another approach that i have gotten after goggle about this as follow:

You can try to access the file outside application’s virtual directory. you need to pay attention to the folder/file enough permission.

you can to access the images in your website, you can check the following link:

Displaying images that are stored outside the Website Root Folder

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (Request.QueryString["FileName"] != null)

{

    try

    {

        // Read the file and convert it to Byte Array

        string filePath = "C:\\images\\";

        string filename = Request.QueryString["FileName"];

        string contenttype = "image/" +

        Path.GetExtension(Request.QueryString["FileName"].Replace(".","");

        FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath + filename,

        FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

        BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);

        Byte[] bytes = br.ReadBytes((Int32)fs.Length);

        br.Close();

        fs.Close();



        //Write the file to response Stream

        Response.Buffer = true;

        Response.Charset = "";

        Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

        Response.ContentType = contenttype;

        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + filename);

        Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);

        Response.Flush();

        Response.End();

    }

    catch

    {

    }

}

}

Hope this help.