Alternative ways to load images with WebBrowser control

Bobby

Hello,

I have an application in C# with VS 2008 in which I generate images based off of data supplied by the user, and then I use those images and and generate a html based report, loading it to a webbrowser, and letting the user print it.

My only problem is right now, the only way I can get it to work with the WebBrowser is saving the image on the hard drive, adding the tags and then printing the report.

Previously in C++ I used a HTML Viewer that allowed to load images from a memory stream, but I have yet to see any proof that this is possible with the .NET WebBrowser. Another idea I had was to try and save the image to a resource, but I don't know if that will work either.

So, does anyone here know of a method to load these images without saving them to the drive?

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Bobby16y ago
I was referring to the THTMLViewer component written in Pascal/Delphi, which was supported in C++ Builder. That component would replace tags in a HTML template file and all I had to pass it was a memory stream of the bitmap I created.

I don't think this is possible in the .NET webbrowser but I was just curious if anybody knew a way I didn't have to save the image directly to the hard drive, since many people using this program likely won't have internet access while using it.
Sam Hobbs16y ago
I don't know what a "HTML Viewer" is; is it part of the Windows SDK or anything from Microsoft? You have not explained why you can't use it, but if it is not from Microsoft, then you might need to get help from the vendor.

I also don't know what you mean by "load images from a memory stream"; as far as I know, the only way to show images in HTML is by using IMG tags and they need to get the images from a file, either locally on the hard drive or remotely over the internet.