The following will show images if they are present and show empty spaces if they are not:

1. Insert an image control from main menu into the data cell

2. Set its value by using the expression:

=System.Convert.FromBase64String(Mid(System.Convert.ToBase64String(Fields!Picture.Value),105))

3. Set the images visibility property as:

Hidden= Fields!Picture.Value is Nothing

2 assumes that the images originate from a Northwind database where images are stored as Pictures with datatype image