dotnet windows forms databinding: Hi,

I wrote an applicartion that uses databinding to retrieve and store images
from a database to a PictureBox. It seems that the databinding is storing
the images in BMP format and I need to store them using JPG format.... I
know that from the PictureBox I can save to a byte[] in JPG format using
the following:

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
pictureBox1.Image.Save(ms, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
byte[] imageBytes = ms.ToArray();

But how can I make the DataBindings use this format?

Thanks

Hi Jeronimo,

When we bind a data source to a property of a control, we add a Binding
object to the DataBindings property of the control. There's an event called
Format in the binding object, which occurs when the property of a control
is bound to a data value.

We could subscribe and handle this event to store the image in the
picturebox in JPG format.

The following is a sample on how to subscribe and handle the Format event
of the binding object.

public Form1()
{
this.pictureBox1.DataBindings[0].Format += new
ConvertEventHandler(Form1_Format);
}

void Form1_Format(object sender, ConvertEventArgs e)
{
// add the code to store the image in picturebox in JPG format
.....
}

Hope this helps.
If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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hello...well...i need help from u...actually i want to store image in
database(using access)...n then bind it with vb...n when entered GRNO.
in a textbox...the image must be displayed in the image control...plz
help me out...its urgent...tell me abt of what n where to set properties
for the controls n all required instruction...regarding database n vb.