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Insert images into specific excel cells using OpenXML

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:58 AM

Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me out with this problem. I am new to OpenXML, so please bear with me, if I don't catch on right away.

I have a predefined excel template stored in my project directory that I am writing data to after making a copy of the template (data is pulled from an MS SQL database).

I have gotten the text data to show up perfectly where I want it by using a code sample I found on the web. However, I need an picture to show in each row for column A starting at A13, and nothing I have come across shows how to embed multiple images into one excel spreadsheet. I have the file paths of the images stored in the database.

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Saturday, February 2, 2013 4:41 PM âś…Answered | 1 vote

Hi,

You can take a look at below pages

How to insert an image in Excel Open XML

the page contains code seen as below which creates a simple Excel file, with just one Excel sheet in it. And on that one sheet, is an image.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    string sFile = "ExcelOpenXmlWithImage.xlsx";
    if (File.Exists(sFile))
    {
        File.Delete(sFile);
    }
    BuildWorkbook(sFile);
}

private static void BuildWorkbook(string filename)
{
    try
    {
        using (SpreadsheetDocument xl = SpreadsheetDocument.Create(filename, SpreadsheetDocumentType.Workbook))
        {
            WorkbookPart wbp = xl.AddWorkbookPart();
            WorksheetPart wsp = wbp.AddNewPart<WorksheetPart>();
            Workbook wb = new Workbook();
            FileVersion fv = new FileVersion();
            fv.ApplicationName = "Microsoft Office Excel";
            Worksheet ws = new Worksheet();
            SheetData sd = new SheetData();

            string sImagePath = "polymathlogo.png";
            DrawingsPart dp = wsp.AddNewPart<DrawingsPart>();
            ImagePart imgp = dp.AddImagePart(ImagePartType.Png, wsp.GetIdOfPart(dp));
            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(sImagePath, FileMode.Open))
            {
                imgp.FeedData(fs);
            }

            NonVisualDrawingProperties nvdp = new NonVisualDrawingProperties();
            nvdp.Id = 1025;
            nvdp.Name = "Picture 1";
            nvdp.Description = "polymathlogo";
            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.PictureLocks picLocks = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.PictureLocks();
            picLocks.NoChangeAspect = true;
            picLocks.NoChangeArrowheads = true;
            NonVisualPictureDrawingProperties nvpdp = new NonVisualPictureDrawingProperties();
            nvpdp.PictureLocks = picLocks;
            NonVisualPictureProperties nvpp = new NonVisualPictureProperties();
            nvpp.NonVisualDrawingProperties = nvdp;
            nvpp.NonVisualPictureDrawingProperties = nvpdp;

            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Stretch stretch = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Stretch();
            stretch.FillRectangle = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.FillRectangle();

            BlipFill blipFill = new BlipFill();
            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Blip blip = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Blip();
            blip.Embed = dp.GetIdOfPart(imgp);
            blip.CompressionState = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.BlipCompressionValues.Print;
            blipFill.Blip = blip;
            blipFill.SourceRectangle = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.SourceRectangle();
            blipFill.Append(stretch);

            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Transform2D t2d = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Transform2D();
            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Offset offset = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Offset();
            offset.X = 0;
            offset.Y = 0;
            t2d.Offset = offset;
            Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(sImagePath);
            //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Metric_Unit#DrawingML
            //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1341930/pixel-to-centimeter
            //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/139655/how-to-convert-pixels-to-points-px-to-pt-in-net-c
            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Extents extents = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Extents();
            extents.Cx = (long)bm.Width * (long)((float)914400 / bm.HorizontalResolution);
            extents.Cy = (long)bm.Height * (long)((float)914400 / bm.VerticalResolution);
            bm.Dispose();
            t2d.Extents = extents;
            ShapeProperties sp = new ShapeProperties();
            sp.BlackWhiteMode = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.BlackWhiteModeValues.Auto;
            sp.Transform2D = t2d;
            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.PresetGeometry prstGeom = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.PresetGeometry();
            prstGeom.Preset = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.ShapeTypeValues.Rectangle;
            prstGeom.AdjustValueList = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.AdjustValueList();
            sp.Append(prstGeom);
            sp.Append(new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.NoFill());

            DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Spreadsheet.Picture picture = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.Spreadsheet.Picture();
            picture.NonVisualPictureProperties = nvpp;
            picture.BlipFill = blipFill;
            picture.ShapeProperties = sp;

            Position pos = new Position();
            pos.X = 0;
            pos.Y = 0;
            Extent ext = new Extent();
            ext.Cx = extents.Cx;
            ext.Cy = extents.Cy;
            AbsoluteAnchor anchor = new AbsoluteAnchor();
            anchor.Position = pos;
            anchor.Extent = ext;
            anchor.Append(picture);
            anchor.Append(new ClientData());
            WorksheetDrawing wsd = new WorksheetDrawing();
            wsd.Append(anchor);
            Drawing drawing = new Drawing();
            drawing.Id = dp.GetIdOfPart(imgp);

            wsd.Save(dp);

            ws.Append(sd);
            ws.Append(drawing);
            wsp.Worksheet = ws;
            wsp.Worksheet.Save();
            Sheets sheets = new Sheets();
            Sheet sheet = new Sheet();
            sheet.Name = "Sheet1";
            sheet.SheetId = 1;
            sheet.Id = wbp.GetIdOfPart(wsp);
            sheets.Append(sheet);
            wb.Append(fv);
            wb.Append(sheets);

            xl.WorkbookPart.Workbook = wb;
            xl.WorkbookPart.Workbook.Save();
            xl.Close();
        }
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

HTH

with regards, Yuri


Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:27 PM

Hi, did you find an answer to this question? Thanks