How to: Save Selected Image to a File

• Apr 23, 2019

To save an image from the document to a file, use the ReadOnlyDocumentImageCollection.Get method to obtain a collection of images within the specified range, and use the OfficeImage.NativeImage property, which allows access to a native System.Drawing.Image object. This object has the Save method that accomplishes the task.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535

InlinePictureActions.cs

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