The images in the gridview will not rendered

Question

hello guys,

i have a problem and hope that somebody can help me.

i am developing in vb.net. i have a gridview with a template field, in which i have a asp:image tag. But the browser dont show any image. i does not render the image. if i check the sourccode in the browser there is no image tag. But the visual web developer show the image. i tried all avriation of paths.

    <asp:TemplateField>
                         <ItemTemplate>
                             <asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/ProfilePictures/icon.png" />
                          </ItemTemplate>
                      </asp:TemplateField>

Have any body an idea why this happens ?

Best regards

Answer 1

If the image tag isn't being rendered then that suggests that the visibility of this particular column may be set to false (or even the image itself).

Answer 2

Have you definitely bound data to the control you are using?

If not, then the Design view will display the image as it is giving you a preview of what the databound control will look like, but when running the website page, the control will not display anything if not bound.

edit 1 @user389431

Controlname.DataSource = yourdatasource
Controlname.Databind()

yourdatasource can be many things.

I just assumed you were binding data to the control as you are using the <asp:TemplateField>

Try putting the image outwith the TemplateField to see if it displays.

edit 2 @user389431

Ok, looks like you are binding the control ok, my next thing to check would be that getCont.GetAllMessagesFromThisForumId(ConversationID) actually has any values in it. So Debug the code, step through it, and check to see if it has values.