Insert images from folder to word C#

Farhan Shariff

My code generates Multiple Images into a folder I want to make a document file(Report) and insert all the images in to the word file

for (int g = 0; g < table8.Columns.Count - 2; g++)
{

Chart chart1 = new Chart();
chart1.Width = 1600;
chart1.Height = 900;
Series Series1 = new Series();
Series series1 = new Series();

Series Series2 = new Series();

Series1.Name = "Series1";
series1.Name = "series1";
Series2.Name = "Series2";

Series1.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Line;

series1.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Point;

Series2.ChartType = SeriesChartType.Line;
Series2.BorderDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.Solid;

//create chartareas...
ChartArea ca = new ChartArea();
ca.Name = "ChartArea1";

ca.AxisX = new Axis();
ca.AxisY = new Axis();

chart1.ChartAreas.Add(ca);

chart1.Series.Add(Series1);
chart1.Series.Add(Series2);
chart1.Series.Add(series1);

chart1.Series["Series1"].Points.DataBindXY(ds.Tables[0].DefaultView,table8.Columns[g].ColumnName, ds.Tables[0].DefaultView, "Normal_Inverse");
chart1.Series["series1"].Points.DataBindXY(ds.Tables[0].DefaultView, table8.Columns[g].ColumnName, ds.Tables[0].DefaultView, "Normal_Inverse");
chart1.Series["Series2"].Points.DataBindXY(ds.Tables[1].DefaultView, table10.Columns[g].ColumnName, ds.Tables[1].DefaultView, "Normal_Inverse"); // binding to second table

chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Minimum = -3;
chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Maximum = 3.60;

Title title = chart1.Titles.Add(table8.Columns[g].ColumnName);

chart1.SaveImage(@"C:\Matlab\" + (g).ToString() + ".png", ChartImageFormat.Png);

} //I want to combine all images generated in to one Word document File

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Vulpes12y ago
Accepted answer
Well, you'll probably need some more code to get the images into the right position, add text etc (or just do this manually) but the following should load the images into a new Word file one after the other on say the click of a button in a WF app.

I've assumed that you're using .NET 4.0 or later (VS 2010 onwards) and you'll first need to add a reference (under the COM tab) to the Microsoft Word 12.0 (or later) object library:

using System.IO;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

// ...

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.Application();
wordApp.Visible = false;
Word.Document doc = wordApp.Documents.Add();
string dirPath = @"C:\Matlab";
foreach (string filePath in Directory.GetFiles(dirPath, "*.png"))
{
doc.InlineShapes.AddPicture(filePath);
}
doc.SaveAs(dirpath + @"\images.doc"); // or whatever
doc.Close();
wordApp.Quit();
MessageBox.Show("Images saved to Word file");
}
Farhan Shariff12y ago
Works perfectly.Vulpes your post is most valuable
Vulpes12y ago
See if the highlighted change will solve the problem:

using System.Linq; // probably there already:

foreach (string filePath in Directory.GetFiles(dirPath, "*.png").Reverse())
{
doc.InlineShapes.AddPicture(filePath);
}
Farhan Shariff12y ago
ok. The images are copied in descending order is there any way to order the images in ascending order in the word file.

I am using
chart1.SaveImage(@"C:\Matlab\" + (g).ToString() + ".png", ChartImageFormat.Png);
to name the files and save them .

table8.Columns[g].ColumnName holds the name is there any way I could use this to name the files
Vulpes12y ago
The AddPicture method can only add an image from a file and I think the AddChart method adds a new Excel-compatible chart rather than an existing one.

So I don't think it's possible to add anything directly to Word.

However, you could put the above code in a little console app and so, if there a lot of charts, it should definitely be easier to add the images programatically to Word even if you then need to lay them out etc. manually.
Farhan Shariff12y ago
Thank you :) the code is working perfectly. I was thinking if it is possible to save the chart Images directly in to word file and modify the word file