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Problem with Image not refreshing

Asked by jerute in WebApplications, Web Graphics Software, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net

Tags: Visual Basic ASP .NET

Hi all

I am using image verification (CAPTCHA) on my contact form and for some reason the image is not being updated when the page refreshes. The image tag...

<asp:Image ID="verimg" runat="server" Width="100" Height="40" />

..has its imageurl property set programmatically when the new image is generated and saved (see code below) and I was expecting the image to be refreshed whenever the following two lines were executed by the code..

Dim code As String = GenerateVCodeImage()
Session("VCode") = code

..but this isn't happening.

I have also included the following three lines of code in my page_load routine to stop cacheing, but that hasn't helped..

Response.Expires = 0
Response.Cache.SetNoStore()
Response.AppendHeader("Pragma", "no-cache")

Can anyone suggest why my image won't refresh, or provide a better solution for displaying my generated bitmap on the contact form.

Thanks in advance

Jerute
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Private Function GenerateVCodeImage() As String
 
	Dim bmfile As String = Server.MapPath("~") & "\capimage.jpg"
	Dim txfile As String = Server.MapPath("~") & "\captext.txt"
	Dim oBitmap As Drawing.Bitmap = New Drawing.Bitmap(90, 35)
	Dim oGraphic As Drawing.Graphics = Drawing.Graphics.FromImage(oBitmap)
	Dim foreColor As System.Drawing.Color
	Dim backColor As System.Drawing.Color
 
	Dim sText As String = generateVCode(5)
	Dim sFont As String = "Comic Sans MS"
 
	foreColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(220, 220, 220)
	backColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(190, 190, 190)
 
	Dim oBrush As New Drawing.Drawing2D.HatchBrush(CType(generateHatchStyle(), Drawing.Drawing2D.HatchStyle), foreColor, backColor)
	Dim oBrushWrite As New Drawing.SolidBrush(Drawing.Color.Red)
 
	oGraphic.FillRectangle(oBrush, 0, 0, 100, 50)
	oGraphic.TextRenderingHint = Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAlias
 
	Dim oFont As New Drawing.Font(sFont, 14)
	Dim oPoint As New Drawing.PointF(5.0F, 4.0F)
 
	oGraphic.DrawString(sText, oFont, oBrushWrite, oPoint)
 
	Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg"
	oBitmap.Save(bmfile, Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)
	oBitmap.Dispose()
 
	verimg.ImageUrl = "capimage.jpg"
	File.WriteAllText(txfile, sText)
	Return sText
 
End Function
 
 
Private Function generateVCode(ByVal CodeLength As Integer) As String
	Dim VCode As String = String.Empty
	Dim randObj As New Random()
	Dim c As Integer = 63
	For i As Byte = 1 To CodeLength
		c = randObj.Next(35)
		If c >= 10 Then
			c += 7
		End If
		c += 48
		VCode += Chr(c)
	Next
	Return VCode
End Function
 
Private Function generateHatchStyle() As HatchStyle
	Dim slist As New ArrayList
	For Each style As HatchStyle In System.Enum.GetValues(GetType(HatchStyle))
		slist.Add(style)
	Next
 
	Dim randObj As New Random()
	Dim index As Integer = randObj.Next(slist.Count - 1)
 
	Return CType(slist(index), HatchStyle)
End Function
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