Inserting Image in Microsoft Access Database Using C#

Submitted by janobe on Friday, September 27, 2019 - 16:39.

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to insert an image in MS Access Database Using C#. This method has the ability to store an image into Microsoft Access database. I used an OleDB object in the data types of a field in order to save an image itself. Let's begin.

Creating an Application

Step 1

Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and create a new windows form application in c#.

Step 2

Do the form just like shown below.

Step 3

Press F7 to open the code editor. In the code editor, add a namespace for OLeDB to access OLeDB libraries .

Using System.Data.OleDb 

Step 4

Create a connection between the MS access database and c#. After that, declare all the classes and variables that are needed.

   
        OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + Application.StartupPath + "\\dbsaveimg.accdb");
        OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand();
        String sql;
        OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();

Step 5

Create a method for Saving an image in the database.

    
        private void saveImage(string sql)
        {
            try
            {
                con.Open();
                string path = ofd.FileName;
                byte[] imageData;
 
                cmd = new OleDbCommand();
 
                cmd.Connection = con;
                cmd.CommandText = sql;
                imageData = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(@path);
                cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@IM", imageData);
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();                    
 
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                con.Close();
            }
        }

Step 6 Write the following code to execute the saveImage() method when the “Save” button is clicked.

    
        private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            sql = "Insert into tblimage (img) Values (@IM)";
            saveImage(sql);
            MessageBox.Show("Image has been saved into the database");
        }

Step 7 Write the following code to get an image in the file directory when the Browse button is clicked.

     
        private void btnBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        { 
 
            //'CHECK THE SELECTED FILE IF IT EXIST OTHERWISE THE DIALOG BOX WILL DISPLAY A WARNING.
            ofd.CheckFileExists = true;
 
            //'CHECK THE SELECTED PATH IF IT EXIST OTHERWISE THE DIALOG BOX WILL DISPLAY A WARNING.
            ofd.CheckPathExists = true;
 
            //'GET AND SET THE DEFAULT EXTENSION
            ofd.DefaultExt = "jpg";
 
            //'RETURN THE FILE LINKED TO THE LNK FILE
            ofd.DereferenceLinks = true;
 
            //'SET THE FILE NAME TO EMPTY 
            ofd.FileName = ".jpg";
 
            //'FILTERING THE FILES
            ofd.Filter = "(*.jpg)|*.jpg|(*.png)|*.png|(*.jpg)|*.jpg|All files|*.*";
            //'SET THIS FOR ONE FILE SELECTION ONLY.
            ofd.Multiselect = false;
 
            //'SET THIS TO PUT THE CURRENT FOLDER BACK TO WHERE IT HAS STARTED.
            ofd.RestoreDirectory = true;
 
            //'SET THE TITLE OF THE DIALOG BOX.
            ofd.Title = "Select a file to open";
 
            //'ACCEPT ONLY THE VALID WIN32 FILE NAMES.
            ofd.ValidateNames = true;
 
            if (ofd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(ofd.FileName);
            } 
        }

Download the complete source code and run it on your computer. For any questions about this article. You can contact me @ Email – [email protected] Mobile No. – 09305235027 – TNT Or feel free to comment below

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