Crystal Reports dynamic image using URL formula

Question

We want to show an image in a Crystal Report 2008 report, and the URL of the image depends on a field in our database, eg:

"https://images.somewhere.com/" & {Data.Field} & ".jpg"

This is supposedly possible using a 'picture location' formula on the Picture object (as described here and suggested here), but we can't get it to work - it just shows the default picture every time.

Is there something we are missing?

Answer 1

Maybe Crystal can't access the secure server? Do the images show if they are stored on your local machine, i.e. "C:\images\" & {Data.Field} & ".jpg"?