title: ASP.NET rdlc with external images not displaying images in PDF
body: <p>I'm using the Microsoft ReportViewer that comes with ASP.NET and have a report parameter that should be setting the value (path) of an image in my report. I'm providing the path as a complete URL right now, starting with http:// but have also tried this as an app relative path, site rooted path, etc. and for some reason the image is always showing as the red X when it exports to PDF. I'm just creating an instance of a control in code, setting the properties and exporting directly to the response stream so it acts a download.</p>
  
  <p>I'm just not sure what the problem could be with the image not showing up, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know.</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE 1</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've determined that I can embed the image with a URL if it is on my public web server but when I'm running in localhost the image won't embed. I have confirmed for localhost that if I paste the same URL into my browser the image will open fine. As far as I know, I don't have a proxy. So I can work around my issue, but I still don't understand what the problem is with localhost.</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE 2</strong></p>
  
  <p>Forgot to mention that when the URL to the image is opened from a browser it works fine.</p>