"pb" <pbrechlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What do I need to look at in order to correct this if the webserver is
> not providing the correct info?
>
> I just realized that this problem only happens when I run the report
> within the development environment. When I deploy the report and run it
> the correct image appears in the report.
>
> Robert Bruckner [MSFT] wrote:
> > When accessing an external image over a network protocol (e.g.
http://...),
> > the target webserver should respond with the image data and the content
> > mimetype. If the target webserver provides an incorrect mimetype, it
would
> > result in this type of warning message.
> > For external images from a network share or local paths we will try to
> > determine the mimetype based on the file extension (by a registry
lookup).
> > In the very unlikely case that this registry lookup fails, the mimetype
> > would be empty.
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> >
> > "pb" <pbrechlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:O33ItSriEHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>Getting warning in reporting services report:
> >>
> >>The value of the MIMEType property for the image ‘image1’ is “”, which
> >>is not a valid MIMEType.
> >>
> >>my image is a .GIF and source is set to External. It is my understanding
> >>that the MIMEType is ignored when source is External. I have also tried
> >>setting the MIMETYPE to ="image/gif".
> >>
> >>Any ideas??
> >>Thanks
> >
> >
> >

"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:

> Is the development environment on the same machine as the report server? If
> not, probably there is a proxy or firewall involved when running it in the
> development environment and therefore the mime type does not come through
> correctly.
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "pb" <pbrechlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Xh8GUEjEHA.3972@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > What do I need to look at in order to correct this if the webserver is
> > not providing the correct info?
> >
> > I just realized that this problem only happens when I run the report
> > within the development environment. When I deploy the report and run it
> > the correct image appears in the report.
> >
> > Robert Bruckner [MSFT] wrote:
> > > When accessing an external image over a network protocol (e.g.
> http://...),
> > > the target webserver should respond with the image data and the content
> > > mimetype. If the target webserver provides an incorrect mimetype, it
> would
> > > result in this type of warning message.
> > > For external images from a network share or local paths we will try to
> > > determine the mimetype based on the file extension (by a registry
> lookup).
> > > In the very unlikely case that this registry lookup fails, the mimetype
> > > would be empty.
> > >
> > > --
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "pb" <pbrechlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:O33ItSriEHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > >>Getting warning in reporting services report:
> > >>
> > >>The value of the MIMEType property for the image ‘image1’ is “”, which
> > >>is not a valid MIMEType.
> > >>
> > >>my image is a .GIF and source is set to External. It is my understanding
> > >>that the MIMEType is ignored when source is External. I have also tried
> > >>setting the MIMETYPE to ="image/gif".
> > >>
> > >>Any ideas??
> > >>Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>