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WatermarkFormat.SetImage(DocumentImageSource) Method

Replaces the watermark image.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

void SetImage(
    DocumentImageSource imageSource
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
imageSource DocumentImageSource

A new watermark image.

#Remarks

The following code adds an image watermark to the entire document and then changes the image for the watermark located in the primary header of the first section:

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
// ...

document.LoadDocument(@"Documents\Watermarks.docx");

// Add an image watermark to the document.
document.WatermarkManager.SetImage(DocumentImageSource.FromFile(@"Images\DevExpressLogo.png"));

// Access the first document section.
Section firstSection = document.Sections[0];

// Obtain the section's primary header.
SubDocument headerContent = firstSection.BeginUpdateHeader();
// Retrieve the header's watermark.
var watermark = headerContent.Shapes.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Type == ShapeType.Watermark);
// Change the watermark image.
if (watermark != null && watermark.WatermarkFormat.Type == WatermarkType.Image)
{
    watermark.WatermarkFormat.SetImage(Image.FromFile(@"Images\DevAVLogo.png"));
}
firstSection.EndUpdateHeader(headerContent);
document.SaveDocument(@"Documents\WatermarksUpd.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
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