Insert Image to Word from XML image binary string

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Marcel Grieder - 26 May 2005 10:01 GMT

Hi,

I have an XML structure with several images as binary strings in it. These
images should now be entered into word, but i don't cannot use vba. I am only
able to insert (paste) strings into word.

Is there a possibility to insert this image into word, maybe with some
control characters leading, that indicate, that a picture is coming?

Thanks for Help,
Marcel

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 30 May 2005 14:45 GMT

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> I have an XML structure with several images as binary strings in it. These
> images should now be entered into word, but i don't cannot use vba. I am only
> able to insert (paste) strings into word.
>
> Is there a possibility to insert this image into word, maybe with some
> control characters leading, that indicate, that a picture is coming?

No, Word has no way of interpreting graphics data coming in that way. Word needs
to use a graphics filter to insert a picture into a document. The graphics
filter is only available when inserting a picture from a file saved to disk, or
when pasting from the clipboard.

Word 2003 is capable of exporing graphics to Base64 and, I suppose, of picking
them up that way if they're properly embedded in a WordProcessingML string,
using VBA. But how to do this isn't documented.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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