How to insert a linked image
1 Drag the image element from the palette, and drop it in the desired location on the page. Edit Image Item appears, as shown in Figure 5‑2.
Figure 5‑2
3 To link to images whose URIs are stored in a database, use the following procedure. The procedure assumes you have already created a data set that includes the field, which stores the URIs to the images.
3 In the expression builder, select the data set field that stores the locations of the images, then choose OK. Figure 5‑3 shows an example of selecting a data set field named URL, which stores the URLs to images.
Figure 5‑3 The expression builder showing a selected data set field that stores the URLs to images
2 Under Enter URI, specify the location of the image file, using one of the following methods:
o To type a specific URL, choose the arrow button next to the expression builder button, and choose Constant. Type the URL.Specify a local file system location only for testing in the early stages of report development. A deployed report cannot access resources on a local machine.
o To specify an expression that evaluates to a URL at report run time, choose the expression builder button to construct the expression.
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