How to: Save Selected Image to a File

• Sep 19, 2023

The code sample below retrieves all images in the specific document range and exports them in the PNG format.

View Example

InlinePictureActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
document.LoadDocument("Documents\\MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
DocumentRange myRange = document.CreateRange(0, 100);

// Obtain all images im the specific range:
ReadOnlyDocumentImageCollection images = document.Images.Get(myRange);

// Export the retrieved images as png files:
if (images.Count > 0)
{
    DevExpress.Office.Utils.OfficeImage myImage = images[0].Image;
    System.Drawing.Image image = myImage.NativeImage;
    string imageName = String.Format("Image_at_pos_{0}.png", images[0].Range.Start.ToInt());
    image.Save(imageName);
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/select," + imageName);
}

InlinePictureActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
document.LoadDocument("Documents\MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
Dim myRange As DocumentRange = document.CreateRange(0, 100)

' Obtain all images im the specific range:
Dim images As ReadOnlyDocumentImageCollection = document.Images.Get(myRange)

' Export the retrieved images as png files:
If images.Count > 0 Then
    Dim myImage As DevExpress.Office.Utils.OfficeImage = images(0).Image
    Dim image As System.Drawing.Image = myImage.NativeImage
    Dim imageName As String = String.Format("Image_at_pos_{0}.png", images(0).Range.Start.ToInt())
    image.Save(imageName)
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/select," & imageName)
End If