New Image Generator control in ASP.Net 3.5
Storing images in database BLOB field and displaying it on aspx page is one of the common tasks we do in asp.net projects. Asp.Net itself does not have an in build control to bind the image stored in database. To display an image stored in database, we will write an HttpHandler which will fetch the image from database and do a binary write. We all know that doing a binary write will become cumbersome when the number of images increases and the number of users becomes high. This week Microsoft have released a new control called ASP.NET Generated Image control to display image in ASP.Net page. This article will give you a kick start on this control and some of its features.
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