Handling missing image issue
In the previous recipe, we saw how to add images to the report. You will be using that technique in many cases, some involving hundreds of images (For example, Product Catalogue).
There will often be a case in which database has a URL or image name, whereas the corresponding image is either missing or inaccessible. In such a case, the web browser shows an error symbol. This looks quite ugly and needs to be handled properly.
In this recipe, we will see how to handle this problem gracefully.
Getting ready
We will use the report prepared in previous recipe. We need to delete the Green.jpg file (or rename it to something else) from the server, in order to create the missing image scenario.
How to do it...
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In the previous recipe, we added an image object and defined its conditional URLs. We need to replace that image with an HTML Item. For that, unlock the report objects
and delete the image component. Add an HTML Item in the same column.
Select this HTML item and from...
