Datagrid + ImageButton = Slooooowwwww

[Jake]

Hi All,

I have an aspx page with a datagrid which I am using to
display a list of thumbnails and their descriptions. The
thumbnails are sitting on my harddrive and the links to
them are stored in an Access database.

I have placed an ImageButton in a template column in the
datagrid and as the grid loads the ImageURL property of
the ImageButton is filled from the database.

Everything is fine on my test server but when I try to run
the page on a remote computer it is so slow that the
thumbnails often don't load when run on a 56k connection.

Can anyone help? Would I be better off using a Repeater
or a Datalist? Should I use an image control rather than
an ImageButton?

TIA, Jake

[Marina]

If the problem is a slow connection and lot's of images, I don't think there
is anything you can do. The other controls won't make the images load any
faster.

What you can do, is turn off viewstate for those controls for which you
don't really need it. This can help with load time.

"Jake" <jake_morath@msn.com> wrote in message
news:052301c35a64$c84461e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> Hi All,
>
> I have an aspx page with a datagrid which I am using to
> display a list of thumbnails and their descriptions. The
> thumbnails are sitting on my harddrive and the links to
> them are stored in an Access database.
>
> I have placed an ImageButton in a template column in the
> datagrid and as the grid loads the ImageURL property of
> the ImageButton is filled from the database.
>
> Everything is fine on my test server but when I try to run
> the page on a remote computer it is so slow that the
> thumbnails often don't load when run on a 56k connection.
>
> Can anyone help? Would I be better off using a Repeater
> or a Datalist? Should I use an image control rather than
> an ImageButton?
>
> TIA, Jake

[Jake]

Thanks Marina, I'll give that a try. I was thinking of
something like that but unfortunately I won't be able to
test it out until I get home tonight.

Fingers crossed :P

>-----Original Message-----
>If the problem is a slow connection and lot's of images,

I don't think there

>is anything you can do. The other controls won't make

the images load any

>faster.
>
>What you can do, is turn off viewstate for those controls

for which you

>don't really need it. This can help with load time.
>
>"Jake" <jake_morath@msn.com> wrote in message
>news:052301c35a64$c84461e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have an aspx page with a datagrid which I am using to
>> display a list of thumbnails and their descriptions.

The

>> thumbnails are sitting on my harddrive and the links to
>> them are stored in an Access database.
>>
>> I have placed an ImageButton in a template column in the
>> datagrid and as the grid loads the ImageURL property of
>> the ImageButton is filled from the database.
>>
>> Everything is fine on my test server but when I try to

run

>> the page on a remote computer it is so slow that the
>> thumbnails often don't load when run on a 56k

connection.

>>
>> Can anyone help? Would I be better off using a Repeater
>> or a Datalist? Should I use an image control rather

than

>> an ImageButton?
>>
>> TIA, Jake

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