Dynamically loading binary image of report source file

Question

Post Author: ChristopherZ1
CA Forum: .NET
I have stored all my .rpt files as varbinary images in a SQL 2005 DB.  I can retrieve the image write it to disk then load the report. i.e.
Private m_RptDoc As New ReportDocument()
m_RptDoc.Load(RptPathName). 
My question is...is there a way to load the image directly into the ReportDocument without first writting it to disk and using the pathname?

Answer 1

I would think that this crummy custom Image class hack would work, but surprise surprise -- the width/height in loaderInfo is flat out WRONG when the event fires. It seems to have a hard coded width/height no matter what the file size. Silly!
<mx:Image xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" initialize="init()">
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               public function init():void {
                    this.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
               private function loaded(e:Event):void {
                    this.width = this.loaderInfo.width;
                    this.height = this.loaderInfo.height;
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:Image>
Turns out, this version DOES work (but it's still a hack fix in my opinion):
<mx:Image xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" initialize="init()">
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               public function init():void {
                    this.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
               private function loaded(e:Event):void {
                    this.width = this.contentWidth;
                    this.height = this.contentHeight;
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:Image>
You guys at Adobe are so silly.    It would seem to me that Image's width and height should be set (rather than left at 0) once the content's width and height is known.  So now that I've fixed this bug (as far as I'm concerned) for ya Adobe, I take cash, cashier's check, or money orders--thanks!
But really, if this doesn't work this way in Flex 4, I think it should.