How to: Resize a Picture

• Apr 01, 2019

The following API allows you to change the picture’s size and rotation angle:

API	Description
Shape.ScaleX	Gets or sets the X-axis scale factor.
Shape.ScaleY	Gets or sets the Y-axis scale factor.
Shape.RotationAngle	Specifies the picture’s rotation angle.

The following code rotates text boxes and resizes floating pictures.

C#

document.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
foreach (Shape s in document.Shapes)
{
 // Rotate a text box and resize a floating picture.
    if (s.TextBox == null)
    {
        s.ScaleX = 0.1f;
        s.ScaleY = 0.1f;
    }
    else
    {
        s.RotationAngle = 45;
    }
}

VB.NET

document.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
For Each s As Shape In document.Shapes
 ' Rotate a text box and resize a floating picture.
    If s.TextBox Is Nothing Then
        s.ScaleX = 0.1F
        s.ScaleY = 0.1F
    Else
        s.RotationAngle = 45
    End If
Next s