//
// This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.
// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
//
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Globalization;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Word;
namespace DsWordWeb.Demos
{
// This sample shows how to use the image formatter in a data template.
public class DataTplImage
{
public GcWordDocument CreateDocx()
{
// The data source.
//
// The 'imagePath' yields the absolute path of an image,
// which is one of accepted value types for the image formatter.
//
// For reference, the following value types are supported by the image formatter:
// - A byte array containing the image data;
// - A System.IO.Stream object that can be used to read the image data;
// - A System.Drawing.Image object;
// - A string from which an absolute file URI of the image can be created, or Base64-encoded image data.
var data = new[]
{
new { name = "Minerva", imagePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine("Resources", "Images", "minerva.jpg")) },
new { name = "Colosseum", imagePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine("Resources", "Images", "colosseum.jpg")) },
new { name = "Venus Felix", imagePath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine("Resources", "Images", "lady.jpg")) },
};
var doc = new GcWordDocument();
// Add the data source to the data template data sources:
doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", data);
// The single paragraph added to the document contains template tags:
// - {{#ds}}..{{/ds}} -- root template, 'ds' is the name of the data source;
// - {{ds.name}} -- fetches the image name;
// - {{ds.imagePath}:image(266,400)} -- fetches the image file, resizes the image to specified size.
var p = doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{#ds}}{{ds.name}}:\n{{ds.imagePath}:image(266,400)}{{/ds}}");
// This call expands all data templates in the document,
// replacing template tags with data (iterating over all data items):
doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));
// Done:
return doc;
}
}
}