GIF image not showing in crystal report

i am using the code below to get an image to display on a crystal report. i then created a report using the xsd as the datasource, which created a blob field on the report. my problem is, there is no image being displayed. i can see that the dataset is holding the image after a step-through, so can anyone help?
     Dim ds As New DataSet
        Dim dt As New DataTable
        Dim row1 As DataRow
        Dim values(0) As Object
        ds.Tables.Add("Images")
        ds.Tables(0).Columns.Add("ImageColumn", GetType(Byte()))
        If Not ipNotes.Image Is Nothing Then values(0) = ipNotes.Image.ToArray
        row1 = ds.Tables(0).NewRow()
        row1(0) = values(0)
        ds.Tables(0).Rows.Add(row1)
        'ds.Tables.Add(dt)
        ds.WriteXmlSchema("c:\PSI\reportschema.xsd")
        Dim cr As New imagereport
        cr.SetDataSource(ds)
        Dim frm As New Form3
        frm.CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = cr
        frm.Show()