Please help anyone, dynamic images in CR9 using .ttx and Dataset

[Ed]

I've search around endlessly for a solution to this problem but have
not found anything yet.

I'm using Crystal 9 with .NET. I am not using a DSR to create the
report. Instead I am creating a report at run-time, using a .ttx file
and using a DataSet as the source.

My problem is that I want to dynamically change an image (user's pic)
on the report based on the user parameter.

Opening up the Crystal Designer does not give me much. I added my OLE
object (Bitmap Image or Image Document) to the form, but there is no
way to specify the source of the image!

Ideally I'd like to pass a file path that specifies the OLE object
source location, but I'll take anything now. I could pass a blob
through the Dataset, but even still, there doesn't seem to be a way to
associate the blob with the OLE object. Has anyone done this before?

Thanks,
ed

[Ed]

Does anyone know how to do this? or is it even possible? I've also
tried to add the following in my ttx:

employee_img blob 5000000 blob sample value

is this even how i'm supposed to put a blob in a ttx? I'm not sure
about the size or the sample value fields. Anyways, I pulled this
blob in the crystal report and whenever i run the report, the OLE
object disappears, regardless of what i send.

On the VB side, i assign the datacolumn as follows:

Dim imgTemp As System.Drawing. Image
imgTemp = System.Drawing. Image.FromFile( "c:\pig.jpg ")
drRow("employee _img") = imgTemp

There are no compile or runtime errors, however the OLE object never
shows up with or without the image.

any ideas?
ed

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I've search around endlessly for a solution to this problem but have
not found anything yet.

I'm using Crystal 9 with .NET. I am not using a DSR to create the
report. Instead I am creating a report at run-time, using a .ttx file
and using a DataSet as the source.

My problem is that I want to dynamically change an image (user's pic)
on the report based on the user parameter.

Opening up the Crystal Designer does not give me much. I added my OLE
object (Bitmap Image or Image Document) to the form, but there is no
way to specify the source of the image!

Ideally I'd like to pass a file path that specifies the OLE object
source location, but I'll take anything now. I could pass a blob
through the Dataset, but even still, there doesn't seem to be a way to
associate the blob with the OLE object. Has anyone done this before?

Thanks,
ed