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Software ==>	SSRS Reporting Services (99 exercises)
Topic ==>	Basic Custom Assemblies (2 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	SSRS training

Assign an expression to an image name, using a custom assembly

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file .

This exercise isn't as scary as the title above makes it sound! The idea is to display an image next to each film, according to whether it's short (under 2 hours), medium (2-3 hours) or long (3 hours +).

This person clearly isn't a film buff: the shorter the film the better.

Thoughts on how to go about doing this are shown below!

To start our report off, first add 3 images from the folder shown at the start of this exercise into a new report called Not a film buff:

Right-click on the Images category, and choose to add 3 images from the folder shown at the start of this exercise (they've got PNG extensions).

Now create a report listing out the names and lengths of films, with an image showing that each film is great:

Write a function in a class library, build it and copy the DLL over so that it is available to you in your report server project. Here's what the function should return: