Introduction

This article explains the PictureBox Control and how to display an image from the database in a Windows Forms application.

PictureBox Control

The PictureBox Control is generally used to display an image in a Windows Forms application. The Image can be of any type, like jpg, jpeg, .png, bitmap and so on. The PictureBox control is a control of the PictureBox class. You can specify the image by the "ImageLocation" property of the PictureBox class.

Create Database and Table

Create Database ImageManipulation

use ImageManipulation

create table ImageData (Name varchar(max),ImageLogo varbinary(max))

Insert Values in Field Columns

INSERT INTO ImageData (Name, ImageLogo)

SELECT 'C#-Corner', BulkColumn

FROM Openrowset( Bulk 'C:\Pankaj\csharp.png', Single_Blob) as CPicture

Write the following query to execute the table schema:

select * from ImageData

TableSchema

Openrowset

Openrowset is a funtion for reading data from many sources, including using the SQL Server's "Bulk" import capability.

Bulk

The Bulk rowset provider is used for Openrowset to read data from a file. The Bulk provider has various keywords for reading the individual file from the file system.

Now I will show you how to display the image from the database in a Windows Forms application. Let's use the following procedure.

Step 1:

Open Visual Studio then select "Create New Project" --> "F# Console Application".

CreateApplication

Step 2:

Now go the Solution Explorer on the right side of the application. Right-click on "References" and select "Add references".

SelectReferences

AddRefereces

Step 3:

After selecting "Add References", in the framework template you need to select "System.Windows.Forms", "System.Drawing" and "System.Data" while holding down the Ctrl key and click on "Ok".

ImportNamespaces

Step 4:

Write the following code for getting the image from the database in F#.

open System

open System.Windows.Forms

open System.Data

open System.Data.SqlClient

open System.Drawing

let constring = @"Data Source=MCNDESKTOP34;Initial Catalog=ImageManipulation;User ID=; Password="

let dataadpter = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * from ImageData", constring)

let ffont=new Font("Arial", 9.75F,FontStyle.Regular, GraphicsUnit.Point)

let ds = new DataSet()

dataadpter.Fill(ds,"ImageData")|>ignore

let imageform = new Form(Text="Display Image")

let lblappname=new Label(Top=20,Left=10,Width=120)

lblappname.Text<-"WebsiteName"

let lblicon=new Label(Top=60,Left=10)

lblicon.Text<-"ImageLogo"

let webnamelbl=new Label(Top=20,Left=140,BorderStyle=BorderStyle.FixedSingle)

let webimage=new PictureBox(SizeMode=PictureBoxSizeMode.Zoom,Top=60,Left=120)

imageform.Font<-ffont

imageform.Controls.Add(lblappname)

imageform.Controls.Add(lblicon)

imageform.Controls.Add(webnamelbl)

imageform.Controls.Add(webimage)

webnamelbl.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text",ds,"ImageData.Name"))

webimage.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Image",ds,"ImageData.ImageLogo",true))

imageform.Show()

Application.Run(imageform)

Step 5 :

Debug the application by pressing F5 to execute the Windows Forms application. After debugging the application the output will be as in the following figure:

AfterDebug

Summary

This article has explained the PictureBox Control, then you saw how to display an image from SQL Server to a Windows Forms application.