How to display images stored in a network share?

[anurc]

I have a client-server application, in which my client applications display images stored in a server machine(in a network share). Please advise me, how to do the coding in vb.net? What is best way to do this?

 

[krisbrixon]

There are probably several ways to do this, here is one way.

I tend to use mapped drives since some of my customers still have old netware servers that really like mapped drives.

Me.PictureBox1.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("F:\Images\PIC001.BMP&quot

In the real world, I would most likely have the path as a global variable set from some other location.

Me.PictureBox1.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(gsImageLocation & sPicName)

gsImageLocation = "F:\Images\"
sPicName = "PIC001.BMP"

Kris Brixon

 

[anurc]

thanks.

So that means the photo share should be mapped before the application starts, so that the pictures will be displayed in a picture box?

 

[krisbrixon]

Well, yea. You would most likely have the drive mapped as they log in to the network.

Kris Brixon