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ShapeCollection.InsertPicture(DocumentPosition, DocumentImageSource) Method

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ShapeCollection.InsertPicture(DocumentPosition, DocumentImageSource) Method

Inserts a picture in the document.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly : DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

csharp
Shape InsertPicture(
    DocumentPosition pos,
    DocumentImageSource imageSource
)
vb
Function InsertPicture(
    pos As DocumentPosition,
    imageSource As DocumentImageSource
) As Shape

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
posDocumentPosition

The position of the picture’s anchor.

| | imageSource | DocumentImageSource |

An object that specifies the image source.

|

Returns

TypeDescription
Shape

The picture embedded in the document.

|

Remarks

The InsertPicture method positions a floating picture at the top-left corner of the page that contains the picture’s anchor. The TextWrapping property is set to InFrontOfText.

The following image formats are available:

  • Bitmap (*.bmp, *.dib)
  • JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg, *.jpeg)
  • Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
  • Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
  • Tagged Image Format (*.tif, *.tiff)
  • Microsoft Enhanced Metafile (*.emf)
  • Windows Metafile (*.wmf)
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)

The example below inserts a picture and specifies its horizontal alignment.

csharp
Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
document.AppendText("Line One\nLine Two\nLine Three");
Shape myPicture = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15),
    DocumentImageSource.FromFile("Documents\\beverages.png"));
myPicture.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center;
vb
Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
document.AppendText("Line One" & vbLf & "Line Two" & vbLf & "Line Three")
Dim myPicture As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15), DocumentImageSource.FromFile("Documents\beverages.png"))
myPicture.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the InsertPicture(DocumentPosition, DocumentImageSource) method.

Note

The algorithm used to collect these code examples remains a work in progress. Accordingly, the links and snippets below may produce inaccurate results. If you encounter an issue with code examples below, please use the feedback form on this page to report the issue.

word-document-api-insert-inline-pictures/CS/Program.cs#L26

csharp
DocumentPosition pos = document.Paragraphs[document.Paragraphs.Get(rangeFound.End).Index + 2].Range.Start;
Shape imageFromFile = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(pos, DocumentImageSource.FromFile("Pictures\\ReadersChoice.png"));
imageFromFile.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText;

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.cs#L25

csharp
{
    Shape myPicture = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15),
        DocumentImageSource.FromStream(s));

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.cs#L16

csharp
document.AppendText("Line One\nLine Two\nLine Three");
Shape myPicture = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15),
    DocumentImageSource.FromFile("beverages.png"));

word-document-api-create-master-detail-report/CS/Program.cs#L72

csharp
using var imageStream = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "..", "..", "..", "..", "data", "logo.png"));
Shape shape = pictureProcessor.Document.Shapes.InsertPicture(pictureProcessor.Document.Range.End, DocumentImageSource.FromStream(imageStream));
shape.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText;

word-document-api-insert-inline-pictures/VB/Program.vb#L19

vb
Dim pos As DocumentPosition = document.Paragraphs(document.Paragraphs.Get(rangeFound.End).Index + 2).Range.Start
Dim imageFromFile As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(pos, DocumentImageSource.FromFile("Pictures\ReadersChoice.png"))
imageFromFile.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/ShapesActions.vb#L20

vb
Using s As Stream = streamResInfo.Stream
    Dim myPicture As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15), DocumentImageSource.FromStream(s))
    myPicture.HorizontalAlignment = ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Shapes.vb#L15

vb
document.AppendText("Line One" & Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Line Two" & Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Line Three")
Dim myPicture As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Shape = document.Shapes.InsertPicture(document.CreatePosition(15), DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.DocumentImageSource.FromFile("beverages.png"))
myPicture.HorizontalAlignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ShapeHorizontalAlignment.Center

word-document-api-create-master-detail-report/VB/Program.vb#L72

vb
Using imageStream As Stream = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "..", "..", "..", "..", "data", "logo.png"))
    Dim shape As Shape = pictureProcessor.Document.Shapes.InsertPicture(pictureProcessor.Document.Range.End, DocumentImageSource.FromStream(imageStream))
    shape.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.InLineWithText

See Also

ShapeCollection Interface

ShapeCollection Members

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native Namespace