The enable externalimages property has not been set for this report?

Question

I am trying to add an external photo as the logo along with the report on the report.rdlc file. I have this error

The enable externalimages property has not been set for this report

enter image description here ?

Here is my code.

 try
{
    this.pedidosTableAdapter.Connection.ConnectionString = con.MysqlConnect();

    this.pedidosTableAdapter.Fill(this.fabricacaoDataSet8.pedidos, Pages.relatorios.num);
    this.reportViewer1.RefreshReport();
}
catch { }

// for external image
this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = true;
ReportParameter parm = new ReportParameter();
parm=(new ReportParameter("path", @"C:\logo.jpg",true));
this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(parm);
this.reportViewer1.Refresh();

The code you posted swallows any exceptions without any notification, which could be part of the issue. — Ryan Gates, Jun 19 '13 at 19:36
possible duplicate of [External images in .rdlc data reports for winforms](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2070408/external-images-in-rdlc-data-reports-for-winforms) — Johann Blais, Mar 04 '14 at 07:01

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '14 at 10:04

I have experience when you enable external images using Code, it works on local / development environment but while deployment on server it does not works and reports raise error:

"The enable external images property has not been set for this report"

In order to solve this issue, use EnableExternalImages="true" property in ASPX or design file where you are using ReportViewer Control and it will work perfectly.

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '17 at 14:07

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The problem here actually is, that you're calling this.reportViewer1.RefreshReport(); before setting this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = true;.

The order is important here.

answered Jun 18 '17 at 14:07

jansokoly

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '18 at 15:04

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I hope this image is a help in your Windows Application.Activate your Reportviewer->Properties->LocalReport->EnableExternalImage and set it to True

answered Nov 19 '18 at 15:04

user1308314

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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As mentioned here, the path of the image must be in URL format, i.e. @"file:///C:\logo.jpg"

Or you can try

var filepath = new Uri("C:\logo.jpg");
var path = new ReportParameter("Path", filepath.AbsolutePath);
this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(new ReportParameter {Path = path});

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Mar 20 '14 at 20:02

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 19 '20 at 20:56

Nothing worked for me, But simply this worked

        LocalReport localReport = new LocalReport();
        localReport.ReportPath = HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/Reports/myreport.rdlc");
        localReport.EnableExternalImages = true;
        localReport.EnableHyperlinks = true;

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 16 '18 at 19:21

For WinForm Applications, below code will works well.

string templateImage = Application_Path + @"\Images\ReportLogo.jpg";
rvRptContainer.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = true;
rvRptContainer.LocalReport.SetParameters(new ReportParameter("ReportLogo", "File:\\" + templateImage));

For ASP.Net Applications, Do the following:

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.EnableExternalImages = true;

    string imagePath = new Uri(Server.MapPath("~/images/Mudassar.jpg")).AbsoluteUri;

    ReportParameter parameter = new ReportParameter("ImagePath", imagePath);

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(parameter);

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh();

The enable externalimages property has not been set for this report?

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