TIEDBMultiBitmap.ImagePath

Declaration

property ImagePath: string;

Description

If your database table references images that are stored locally as files (i.e. ImageStorageMode = isLinkedFile) then you can use ImagePath to specify the folder where the files are located, i.e. the load path is specified by ImagePath + "Filename Field content".

Example usage:
◼If FilenameField is the full path to a local file then set ImagePath to ''
◼If FilenameField is only a name or has an erroneous path then set ImagePath to the image folder

ImagePath Property Value	Content of Filename Field	Loads Image From...
	C:\Some Folder\MyImage.jpg	C:\Some Folder\MyImage.jpg
C:\Some Folder\	MyImage.jpg	C:\Some Folder\MyImage.jpg
C:\Some Folder\	..\MyImage.jpg	C:\Some Folder\..\MyImage.jpg
C:\Some Folder\	D:\FolderX\MyImage.jpg	C:\Some Folder\MyImage.jpg
http://www.imageen.com/images/	MyImage.jpg	http://www.imageen.com/images/MyImage.jpg
	http://www.imageen.com/images/MyImage.jpg	http://www.imageen.com/images/MyImage.jpg

Examples

// Display content of a table where images are stored in a folder and their path and filename is referenced by the "ImageFilename" field
fDBMBitmap := TIEDBMultiBitmap.create();
fDBMBitmap.DataSource := DataSource1;
fDBMBitmap.FilenameField := 'ImageFilename';
ImageEnMView1.SetExternalMBitmap( fDBMBitmap );

// Display content of a table where images are stored in a folder named "My Folder" and their filename is referenced by the "ImageName" field
fDBMBitmap := TIEDBMultiBitmap.create();
fDBMBitmap.DataSource := DataSource1;
fDBMBitmap.ImagePath := 'C:\My Folder\';
fDBMBitmap.FilenameField := 'ImageName';
ImageEnMView1.SetExternalMBitmap( fDBMBitmap );

Note: Don't forget to free the object...
procedure TMainForm.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
begin
FreeAndNil( fDBMBitmap );
end;

TIEDBMultiBitmap.ImagePath