Value Element (Image, BackgroundImage) (RDL)

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Identifies the source of the image.

DataType Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type and length

String

Default value

See Remarks section.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element

Parent elements

BackgroundImage Element (RDL), Image Element (RDL)

Child element

None

Remarks

The contents of the Value element and the data type it returns depends on the value of the Source element, which is a sibling to Value.

Value of Source element Description Data type returned

External

Value contains a constant or an expression that evaluates to a path to the image.

String

Embedded

Value contains A constant or an expression that evaluates to the name of an embedded image within the report.

String

Database

Value contains an expression for a field in the database that evaluates to the binary data for an image.

Binary

See Also

Reference

Report Definition Language XML Schema
Report Definition XML Elements

Concepts

Report Definition Language Data Types

Other Resources

Development (Reporting Services)
Adding an Image to a Report

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2008 Assistance