OfficeImage.GetImageBytes(OfficeImageFormat) Method

Returns a byte array of image data encoded in the specified format.

Namespace: DevExpress.Office.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Office.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Office.Core

Declaration

C#

public abstract byte[] GetImageBytes(
    OfficeImageFormat imageFormat
)

VB.NET

Public MustOverride Function GetImageBytes(
    imageFormat As OfficeImageFormat
) As Byte()

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
imageFormat	OfficeImageFormat	An OfficeImageFormat enumeration member specifying the format of the resulting image data.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	A Byte array that contains the image data.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

build-a-mail-application-with-the-richeditcontrol/CS/RichEditSendMail/Form1.cs#L112

OfficeImageFormat imageFormat = GetActualImageFormat(image.RawFormat);
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(image.GetImageBytes(imageFormat));
string mediaContentType = OfficeImage.GetContentType(imageFormat);

spreadsheet-document-api-use-worksheet-table-as-data-source/CS/SpreadsheetDocumentServerAsDataSourceExample/MyPictureProvider.cs#L41

{
    employeePictures.Add(pic.Name, new Bitmap(new MemoryStream(pic.Image.GetImageBytes(OfficeImageFormat.Bmp))));
}

VB.NET

build-a-mail-application-with-the-richeditcontrol/VB/RichEditSendMail/Form1.vb#L104

Dim imageFormat As OfficeImageFormat = GetActualImageFormat(image.RawFormat)
Dim stream As Stream = New MemoryStream(image.GetImageBytes(imageFormat))
Dim mediaContentType As String = OfficeImage.GetContentType(imageFormat)

spreadsheet-document-api-use-worksheet-table-as-data-source/VB/SpreadsheetDocumentServerAsDataSourceExample/MyPictureProvider.vb#L36

For Each pic As Picture In sheet.Pictures
    employeePictures.Add(pic.Name, New Bitmap(New MemoryStream(pic.Image.GetImageBytes(OfficeImageFormat.Bmp))))
Next pic