Not able to display an image in repeater control for [thumbnail images] - asp.net

Question

i have imgae path in datatable[id, path] now this would a value like
ex: id path
1 F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images\a1.JPG;
2 F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images\a2.JPG;
3 F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images\a3.JPG;
now these images are in size width*height (1018*768). now i need to convert these images into thumnail
caling the function
**C_Thumbnails(100, "F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images\a1.JPG", "F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images]thum.jpg")**
public static void C_Thumbnails(int size, string FilePath, string ThumbPath)
{
System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(FilePath);
try
{
int thumbHeight, thumbWidth;
decimal h = image.Height;
decimal w = image.Width;
if (image.Height > image.Width)
{
thumbHeight = size;
decimal tWidth = (w / h) * thumbHeight;
thumbWidth = Convert.ToInt32(tWidth);
}
else
{
thumbWidth = size;
decimal tHeight = (h / w) * thumbWidth;
thumbHeight = Convert.ToInt32(tHeight);
}
System.Drawing.Image thumbnailImage = image.GetThumbnailImage(thumbWidth, thumbHeight, null, IntPtr.Zero);
image.Dispose();
thumbnailImage.Save(ThumbPath, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
image.Dispose();
throw ex;
}
}
like this i am coverting into thumbnail image. but here i am saving the thumbnail image under the path F:\R&D\RD\RD\Images\thum.jpg .
so is there any way without saving the thumbnail in the disk and how to bind the new thumbnail image in the repeater control and i need to show image there. but if once user clicks on the thumnail image a orignal image should pop up.
if any one have did this functionlity any where let me know
working on this solution from past 2 days.
any help would be greatly appreciated
now after changing code
like this
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
string imageid = context.Request.Params["ImageID"];
string thumbnail = context.Request.Params["thumbnail"];
SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["connectionString"].ConnectionString);
connection.Open();
SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("select Image from Image where ImageID=" + imageid, connection);
SqlDataReader dr = command.ExecuteReader();
dr.Read();
string filePath = dr["image"].ToString();
dr.Close();
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(filePath))
{
//you have a problem
return;
}
if (context.Request.Params["thumbnail"] == "true")
{
//TODO: the thumbnail
// Image thumbnailImage = originalImage.GetThumbnailImage to generate thumbnail then
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.ContentType = "image/" + format;
thumbnailImage.Save(Response.OutputStream, imageFormat);
thumbnailImage.Dispose();
}
else
{ //stream directly the image fromdisk
System.IO.FileStream fs = System.IO.File.OpenRead(filepath);
const int ChunkSize = 10000;
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[ChunkSize];
long dataLengthToRead = fs.Length;
while (dataLengthToRead > 0)
{
int lengthRead = fs.Read(buffer, 0, ChunkSize);
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, lengthRead);
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();
dataLengthToRead = dataLengthToRead - lengthRead;
}
fs.Close();
}
}
}
in repeater control i have added this line of code
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my thumbnail image is not displayed still but once i click my thumbnail image i am able to see the entire image in new pop up

Answer 1

You should use a Photo Image Handler to serve the pages from your disk to the clients.
Then in the repeater control
<a href="ImageHandler.ashx?thumbnail=false&id='<%# Eval("ID")%>'>
<img src="ImageHandler.ashx?thumbnail=true&id='<%# Eval("ID")%>' border='0'/>
</a>
The ideea is not to pass in the actual path/name of the file, but the ID of the item you wish to view. Then the handler will:
public void ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext context)
{
string filePath = //TODO: Get File Path from ItemID = context.Request.Params["id"]
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(filePath))
{
//you have a problem
return;
}
if(context.Request.Params["thumbnail"]=="true")
{
//TODO: the thumbnail
// Image thumbnailImage = originalImage.GetThumbnailImage to generate thumbnail then
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.ContentType = "image/" + format;
thumbnailImage.Save(Response.OutputStream, imageFormat);
thumbnailImage.Dispose();
} else
{ //stream directly the image fromdisk
System.IO.FileStream fs = System.IO.File.OpenRead(filepath);
const int ChunkSize = 10000;
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[ChunkSize];
long dataLengthToRead = fs.Length;
while (dataLengthToRead > 0)
{
int lengthRead = fs.Read(buffer, 0, ChunkSize);
Response.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, lengthRead);
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();
dataLengthToRead = dataLengthToRead - lengthRead;
}
fs.Close();
}
}