I have a form containing a listbox showing a list of image names. It's bound to the database table. When an image name is clicked it shows the image and imagename in a picturebox and textbox respectively. When no image is selected in the listbox, a new record can be inserted by browsing a new image in the picturebox by an openfiledialog, writing the imagename in the textbox and pressing the OK button. When an image is already selected, the record can be updated by pressing the same OK button. The data is saved into MSSQL Server 2005. Corresponding table fields are Keycode int autono, logoname nvarchar(50), logo image. Now the problem, when I insert a new data with an image everything goes fine but whenever I try to update an existing data with an image it throws an exception- 'A generic error occurred in GDI+.' at the following line- 'pic.Image.Save(ms, pic.Image.RawFormat)'. Surprisingly when I update an existing data without any image in the picturebox no exception is generated. I have crossed checked it and seems that the problem is just at one point- 'Updating the image from the picturebox'. I'm almost done all throughout but stuck to this particular point. Please help. Regards.
My code to insert/update the data by OK button and to populate it by listbox doubleclick follows:
Private ms As MemoryStream
Private arrImage() As Byte
Private conn As SqlConnection
Private cmd As SqlCommand
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Method to bind listbox.
BindListBox(lst, "Select Keycode,LogoName from tbltest", "Logoname", "keycode")
Tag = "Insert"
End Sub
Private Sub lst_DoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lst.DoubleClick
Dim dr As SqlDataReader
dr = CreateReader("Select LogoName,logo from tblTest where keycode=" & lst.SelectedValue)
If dr.Read Then
txtLogoName.Text = vbNullString & dr("Logoname")
If Not IsDBNull(dr("Logo")) Then
arrImage = CType(dr("Logo"), Byte())
ms = New MemoryStream(arrImage)
pic.Image = Image.FromStream(ms)
ms.Close()
Else
pic.Image = Nothing
pic.Invalidate()
End If
Tag = "Update"
End If
dr.Close()
closeconnection()
arrImage = Nothing
ms = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub btnOk_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOk.Click
Dim com As SqlCommand
Dim strSql As String
If Tag = "Insert" Then
strSql = "Insert into tbltest (logoname,logo) values ('" & Trim(txtLogoName.Text) & "',@Logo)"
Else
strSql = "Update tbltest set logoname='" & Trim(txtLogoName.Text) & "',Logo=@Logo Where keycode=" & lst.SelectedValue
End If
com = CreateCommand(strSql)
com.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter("@Logo", SqlDbType.Image))
If Not pic.Image Is Nothing Then
ms = New MemoryStream()
pic.Image.Save(ms, pic.Image.RawFormat)
arrImage = ms.GetBuffer
ms.Close()
com.Parameters("@Logo").Value = arrImage
Else
com.Parameters("@Logo").Value = DBNull.Value
End If
If com.ExecuteNonQuery = 1 Then
closeconnection()
BindListBox(lst, "Select Keycode,LogoName from tbltest", "Logoname", "keycode")
pic.Image = Nothing
pic.Invalidate()
txtLogoName.Clear()
Tag = "Insert"
End If
arrImage = Nothing
ms = Nothing
strSql = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub btnBrowse_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnBrowse.Click
With dlg
.Filter = "All Files|*.*|Bitmap|*.bmp|GIF|*.gif|Icon|*.ico|JPEG|*.jpg|PNG|*.png"
.FilterIndex = 5
End With
If dlg.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then pic.Image = Image.FromFile(dlg.FileName)
End Sub
Public Sub setconnection()
Try
conn = New SqlConnection("Data Source=MyServer;Initial Catalog=TestDB;User Id=sa;Password=;")
conn.Open()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub closeconnection()
conn.Close()
End Sub
Public Function CreateCommand(ByVal query As String) As SqlCommand
setconnection()
Dim command As New SqlCommand(query, conn)
Return command
End Function
Public Function CreateReader(ByVal query As String) As SqlDataReader
Dim reader As SqlDataReader
setconnection()
cmd = CreateCommand(query)
reader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
Return reader
End Function
