Develop Reference

Word Interop - Save embedded shape as image

I am attempting to save an embedded shape as an image using C#.
If the object is embedded as an actual image (WMF/JPEG) I can retrieve the image without issue but when the object is an embedded shape or an OLE Object that displays as an image in Word I cannot seem to extract or retrieve said object to then either copy to the clipboard or save said image.
Here is my current code sample; either the object is empty or I get the following error:
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: 'A generic error occurred in GDI+.'
Any help is appreciated. Thank you
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
namespace ImageMagickSandboxWinForms
{
public partial class frmMain : Form
{
public frmMain()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public static BitmapSource ConvertBitmap(Bitmap source)
{
return System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(
source.GetHbitmap(),
IntPtr.Zero,
Int32Rect.Empty,
BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
}
public static Bitmap BitmapFromSource(BitmapSource bitmapsource)
{
Bitmap bitmap;
using (var outStream = new MemoryStream())
{
BitmapEncoder enc = new BmpBitmapEncoder();
enc.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(bitmapsource));
enc.Save(outStream);
bitmap = new Bitmap(outStream);
}
return bitmap;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string physicsDocLocation = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop));
physicsDocLocation += #"\[Doc path Here].docx";
var wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
var wordDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(physicsDocLocation);
int iCount = wordDoc.InlineShapes.Count;
for (int i = 1; i < (wordDoc.InlineShapes.Count + 1); i++)
{
var currentInlineShape = wordDoc.InlineShapes[i];
currentInlineShape.Range.Select();
wordDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Range.Copy();
BitmapSource clipBoardImage = System.Windows.Clipboard.GetImage();
Bitmap bmpClipImage = BitmapFromSource(clipBoardImage);
string finalPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop), #"TestConversions");
finalPath += #"\" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".jpg";
using (MemoryStream memory = new MemoryStream())
{
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(finalPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
bmpClipImage.Save(memory, ImageFormat.Jpeg); <<<---- Error happens here.
byte[] bytes = memory.ToArray();
fs.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
}
}
wordDoc.Close();
wordApp.Quit();
}
}
}

i have these code in my library, dunno where i have found that but hope you do the job for you: i am using Clippboard to trap the different images, jus t dont forget, Thread is needed to access Clipboard
for (var i = 1; i <= wordApplication.ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.Count; i++)
{
var inlineShapeId = i;
var thread = new Thread(() => SaveInlineShapeToFile(inlineShapeId, wordApplication));
// STA is needed in order to access the clipboard
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/518724/700926
thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
thread.Start();
thread.Join();
}
// General idea is based on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7937590/700926
protected static void SaveInlineShapeToFile(int inlineShapeId, Application wordApplication)
{
// Get the shape, select, and copy it to the clipboard
var inlineShape = wordApplication.ActiveDocument.InlineShapes[inlineShapeId];
inlineShape.Select();
wordApplication.Selection.Copy();
// Check data is in the clipboard
if (Clipboard.GetDataObject() != null)
{
var data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
// Check if the data conforms to a bitmap format
if (data != null && data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap))
{
// Fetch the image and convert it to a Bitmap
var image = (Image) data.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap, true);
var currentBitmap = new Bitmap(image);
// Save the bitmap to a file
currentBitmap.Save(#"C:\Users\Username\Documents\" + String.Format("img_{0}.png", inlineShapeId));
}
}
}
following if you are using Winform or WPF the clipboard acts differently for an image:
if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
{
// ImageUIElement.Source = Clipboard.GetImage(); // does not work
System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject clipboardData = System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetDataObject();
if (clipboardData != null)
{
if (clipboardData.GetDataPresent(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap))
{
System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap = (System.Drawing.Bitmap)clipboardData.GetData(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap);
ImageUIElement.Source = System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(bitmap.GetHbitmap(), IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty,BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
Console.WriteLine("Clipboard copied to UIElement");
}
}
}
after if its not functionam due to a bug in translation of format, there is this solution . So its infrecnh but its easily to understand the logic of the using of "DeviceIndependentBitmap"

Size of downloaded image?

I try to get aspect ratio of downloaded images. For this purpose I need height and width, but everytime and everyway I try, I get only 0.0 or NaN. I tried Image and BitmapImage. I tried to set Stretch, one of the sizes in hope the other one will be filled automatically.
Both of them don't have set sizes I can read:
Image image = new Image();
image.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(customItem.FullURL, UriKind.Absolute));
BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage(new Uri(customItem.FullURL));

The size of the image is not available until it is open. Test for width and height in the ImageOpened event handler.
Code
var bitmap = new BitmapImage(new Uri(uri));
// ImageOpened fires when image is downloaded and decoded
bitmap.ImageOpened += (s, args) =>
{
var w = bitmap.PixelWidth;
};
// setting the source causes the ImageOpened or ImageFailed event to fire.
// image2 must be in visual tree
image2.Source = bitmap;

You can try using the WebClient as suggested in this answer.
using System.Drawing;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows.Forms;
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(wc.DownloadData(customItem.FullURL))) {
Image img = Image.FromStream(ms);
MessageBox.Show(img.Height.ToString() + " -- " + img.Width.ToString());
}

Try this (Just replace my url string with your url string):
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Net;
namespace GDI
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(wc.OpenRead("https://s0.2mdn.net/viewad/3092927/Freedom_AW_D_Zenith_119053_DS_Apple_Pay_Bleachers_300x250.jpg"));
Console.WriteLine("Width=" + bmp.Width.ToString() + ", Height=" + bmp.Height.ToString());
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}

May be this code will helpful for you:
Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("\1.jpg"); Console.Write("Width: " + image.Width + ", Height: " + image.Height);

How can I convert a jpg file into a bitmap, using C#?

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
namespace convert
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Image image = Image.FromFile(#"C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Koala.jpg");
// Set the PictureBox image property to this image.
// ... Then, adjust its height and width properties.
// pictureBox1.Image = image;
//pictureBox1.Height = image.Height;
//pictureBox1.Width = image.Width;
string strFileName = #"C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Koala.jpg";
Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(strFileName);
//bitmap.Save("testing.bmp", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Bmp);
pictureBox1.Image = bitmap;
pictureBox1.Height = bitmap.Height;
pictureBox1.Width = bitmap.Width;
}
}
}
I am using the above code for converting jpg file into bitmap. It works but I need to know how to stream the jpg image and convert it into bitmap then display the bitmap image with out storing it. I am using c# and vb.net

Try this to convert to Bitmap :
public Bitmap ConvertToBitmap(string fileName)
{
Bitmap bitmap;
using(Stream bmpStream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Open ))
{
Image image = Image.FromStream(bmpStream);
bitmap = new Bitmap(image);
}
return bitmap;
}

Possibly easier:
var bitmap = new Bitmap(Image.FromFile(path));

Can't retrieve image from SQL Server using Generic Handler c#

Whenever I retrieve an image using my Generic Handler, I retrieve either an empty image or a broken image.
Here is my code.
aspx File:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
//imports
using DHELTASSys.Modules;
using System.Data;
using DHELTASSys.AuditTrail;
namespace DHELTASSys
{
public partial class EvaluateOffense : System.Web.UI.Page
{
DisciplineModuleBL discipline = new DisciplineModuleBL();
DHELTASSysAuditTrail audit = new DHELTASSysAuditTrail();
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string position = Session["Position"].ToString();
if (Session["EmployeeID"] == null)
{
Response.Redirect("LogIn.aspx");
} else if(position != "HR Manager")
{
Response.Redirect("AccessDenied.aspx");
}
discipline.Offense_emp_id = int.Parse(Session["OffenseID"].ToString());
DataTable dt = discipline.GetProof();
if (dt.Rows == null)
{
Label9.Visible = false;
Image1.Visible = false;
}
}
protected void btnEvaluate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
discipline.Offense_emp_id = int.Parse(Session["OffenseID"].ToString());
discipline.Decision = drpDecision.Text;
discipline.AddOffenseDecision();
audit.Emp_id = int.Parse(Session["EmployeeID"].ToString());
audit.AddAuditTrail(drpDecision.Text + "ed Employee's offense.");
}
}
}
Here is the handler:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;
//imports
using System.Data;
using DHELTASSys.Modules;
using DHELTASSys.DataAccess;
namespace DHELTASSys
{
public class ShowImage : IHttpHandler, System.Web.SessionState.IRequiresSessionState
{
DisciplineModuleBL discipline = new DisciplineModuleBL();
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
if (context.Session["OffenseID"].ToString() == null) return;
int offense_emp_id = int.Parse(context.Session["OffenseID"].ToString());
discipline.Offense_emp_id = offense_emp_id;
DataTable dt = discipline.GetProof();
if (dt.Rows == null) return;
int id = 1;
string image = dt.Rows[0][1].ToString() + id;
string FileName = dt.Rows[0][0].ToString();
string FileContentType = dt.Rows[0][2].ToString();
Byte[] bytes = (Byte[])dt.Rows[0][1];
string imageBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
context.Response.ContentType = "image/" + FileContentType;
if (context.Request.QueryString["id"] == "1")
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
ms.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
context.Response.Buffer = true;
System.Drawing.Image imagen = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms);
context.Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);
ms.Dispose();
}
else
{
return;
}
}
public bool IsReusable
{
get
{
return true;
}
}
}
}
And adding to that, here is my image object.
<asp:Image ID="Image1" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/ShowImage.ashx" />
I already tweaked my code in so many ways.
The image file is stored in SQL Server using the data type "Image"
As you can see, I'm using the session to retrieve the specified image from the Database.
I have no problem in accessing the session whatsoever.
Thanks in advance.

Your code seems a bit more complicated than necessary; you can write the binary data to the outputstream without needing to load it into a memory stream, and you're doing nothing with your System.Drawing.Image object. Try this:
context.Response.OutputStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

First, I don't see anything wrong with the way you are writing the image to the response stream. There's a few useless lines of code but I understand that as you said, you were tweaking your code in desperation. Basically, this should be good enough...
Byte[] bytes = (Byte[])dt.Rows[0][1];
context.Response.ContentType = "image/" + FileContentType;
if (context.Request.QueryString["id"] == "1")
{
context.Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);
context.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest(); //just to make sure the ASP.NET pipeline completes the request
}
else
{
return;
}
Now, that "should" work given that bytes has been correctly casted to a byte array. Make sure to add some proper exception handling and logging because I'm a bit suspicious that the problem it's somewhere else. So, follow these steps:
Clean up your code for better clarity
Debug the app
Implement some exception handling
Implement some sort of error logging
You should be able to get to the bottom of this issue since there's nothing wrong in sending an array of bytes using the BinaryWrite method

This is real example that pickup from my project
into page.cs set image url dynamically:
// for diffrent url using guid in url
imgProfilePic.ImageUrl = "GenericHandler_ShowImage.ashx?Ref=" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + "&n=" + lngEmployeeID;
into handler, get image by table adapter
// in handler
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
{
long EmployeeID = -1;
if (context.Request.QueryString["n"] != null)
EmployeeID = long.Parse(context.Request.QueryString["n"].ToString());
//else
// throw new ArgumentException("No parameter specified");
if (context.Request.QueryString["actid"] == "2")
{
ShowThumbPic(context, EmployeeID);
return;
}
//else ...
}
private void ShowThumbPic(HttpContext context, long EmployeeID)
{
context.Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";
Stream myStream = GetEmpImage(EmployeeID);
byte[] myImgByteArray;
using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(myStream))
{
myImgByteArray = br.ReadBytes((int)myStream.Length);
}
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(byteArrayIn);
System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms);
if (img.Height > 50 || img.Width > 50)
{
System.Drawing.Size siz = GetScaledSize(img.Size, new System.Drawing.Size(50, 50));
img = (System.Drawing.Image)ResizeImage(img, siz);
}
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
img.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
byte[] myBuffer = ms.ToArray();
int byteSeq = myBuffer.Length; //myStream.Read(myBuffer, 0, 4096);
if (byteSeq > 0)
context.Response.OutputStream.Write(myBuffer, 0, byteSeq);
}
private System.Drawing.Image GetEmployeeImage(long EmployeeID)
{
System.Drawing.Image img = null;
try
{
using (DAL.dstEmployeeTableAdapters.tbl_Employee_InfoTableAdapter ta = new DAL.dstEmployeeTableAdapters.tbl_Employee_InfoTableAdapter())
{
object obj = ta.spr_Employee_Info_GetPicture(EmployeeID);
if (obj != null)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream((byte[])obj);
img = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(ms);
}
}
}
catch (Exception x)
{
throw new Exception(Msg.Error_InDownloadPicture + x.Message);
}
return img;
}
public static Size GetScaledSize(Size ImageSize, Size FrameSize)
{
int newWidth = ImageSize.Width;
int newHeight = ImageSize.Height;
double ratioX = (double)FrameSize.Width / ImageSize.Width;
double ratioY = (double)FrameSize.Height / ImageSize.Height;
double ratio = Math.Min(ratioX, ratioY);
if (ratio < 1.0f) // if Frame is greater than image, resize it.
{
newWidth = (int)(ImageSize.Width * ratio);
newHeight = (int)(ImageSize.Height * ratio);
}
return new Size(newWidth, newHeight);
}
public static System.Drawing.Bitmap ResizeImage(System.Drawing.Image image, Size siz)
{
//a holder for the result
Bitmap result = new Bitmap(siz.Width, siz.Height);
// set the resolutions the same to avoid cropping due to resolution differences
result.SetResolution(image.HorizontalResolution, image.VerticalResolution);
//use a graphics object to draw the resized image into the bitmap
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(result))
{
//set the resize quality modes to high quality
graphics.CompositingQuality = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.CompositingQuality.HighQuality;
graphics.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
graphics.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
//draw the image into the target bitmap
graphics.DrawImage(image, 0, 0, result.Width, result.Height);
}
//return the resulting bitmap
return result;
}

ASP.net c# File being used by another process

I create thumbnails with the following page, Thumbnail.ashx:
<%# WebHandler Language="C#" Class="Thumbnail" %>
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
public class Thumbnail : IHttpHandler {
private int _thumbnailSize = 150;
public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) {
string photoName = context.Request.QueryString["p"];
string cachePath = Path.Combine(HttpRuntime.CodegenDir, photoName + ".png");
if (File.Exists(cachePath)) {
OutputCacheResponse(context, File.GetLastWriteTime(cachePath));
context.Response.WriteFile(cachePath);
return;
}
string photoPath = context.Server.MapPath("../uploads/originals/" + photoName);
Bitmap photo;
try {
photo = new Bitmap(photoPath);
}
catch (ArgumentException) {
throw new HttpException(404, "Photo not found.");
}
context.Response.ContentType = "image/png";
int width, height;
if (photo.Width > photo.Height) {
width = _thumbnailSize;
height = photo.Height * _thumbnailSize / photo.Width;
}
else {
width = photo.Width * _thumbnailSize / photo.Height;
height = _thumbnailSize;
}
Bitmap target = new Bitmap(width, height);
using (Graphics graphics = Graphics.FromImage(target)) {
graphics.CompositingQuality = CompositingQuality.HighSpeed;
graphics.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
graphics.CompositingMode = CompositingMode.SourceCopy;
graphics.DrawImage(photo, 0, 0, width, height);
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) {
target.Save(memoryStream, ImageFormat.Png);
OutputCacheResponse(context, File.GetLastWriteTime(photoPath));
using (FileStream diskCacheStream = new FileStream(cachePath, FileMode.CreateNew)) {
memoryStream.WriteTo(diskCacheStream);
}
memoryStream.WriteTo(context.Response.OutputStream);
}
}
}
private static void OutputCacheResponse(HttpContext context, DateTime lastModified) {
HttpCachePolicy cachePolicy = context.Response.Cache;
cachePolicy.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
cachePolicy.VaryByParams["p"] = true;
cachePolicy.SetOmitVaryStar(true);
cachePolicy.SetExpires(DateTime.Now + TimeSpan.FromDays(365));
cachePolicy.SetValidUntilExpires(true);
cachePolicy.SetLastModified(lastModified);
}
public bool IsReusable {
get {
return true;
}
}
}
When I try to delete the picture file physically or through code, I get a 'cannot access file, being used by another process" error.
Is this caused by the caching of the thumbnail? Or is the file not being closed somewhere I can't spot?
Could it be my upload file script is causing this?

You don't appear to be closing your MemoryStream anywhere? Garbage collection alone won't remove a file lock, would it? Tossing in a memoryStream.Close() at the end of ProcessRequest couldn't hurt.