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Compress and decompress file before saving to disk

In my application i have one web service which getting one file from FormData(client side) and i want to compress that file before saving to disk(without using extra folder).
i read a lot of answers from here but i got confused, which method i will use in code behind to achieve better compression.and also i want to decompress that file on the time of access.
Currently in code behind i am using bellow code to save the file directly.
var httpPostedFile = HttpContext.Current.Request.Files["UploadedImage"];
// Get the complete file path
var fileSavePath = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Download/"), httpPostedFile.FileName);
// Save the uploaded file to "UploadedFiles" folder
httpPostedFile.SaveAs(fileSavePath);

We can do this by different ways,
one of the best way is convert all images into jpeg,because it will give better clarity with less size,in this we don't need to change any height or width of the particular image
method 1 : convert all images into jpeg(no additional compression needed)
private static void VaryQualityLevel(Image imgToResize,string imageName)
{
// Get a bitmap.
Bitmap bmp1 = new Bitmap(imgToResize);
ImageCodecInfo jgpEncoder = GetEncoder(ImageFormat.Jpeg);
// Create an Encoder object based on the GUID
// for the Quality parameter category.
System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder myEncoder =
System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder.Quality;
// Create an EncoderParameters object.
// An EncoderParameters object has an array of EncoderParameter
// objects. In this case, there is only one
// EncoderParameter object in the array.
EncoderParameters myEncoderParameters = new EncoderParameters(1);
EncoderParameter myEncoderParameter = new EncoderParameter(myEncoder,
50L);
myEncoderParameters.Param[0] = myEncoderParameter;
var fileSavePath = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Download/"), imageName+".jpeg");
bmp1.Save(fileSavePath, jgpEncoder,
myEncoderParameters);
//myEncoderParameter = new EncoderParameter(myEncoder, 100L);
//myEncoderParameters.Param[0] = myEncoderParameter;
//fileSavePath = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Download/"), "TestPhotoQuality100.jpeg");
//bmp1.Save(fileSavePath, jgpEncoder,
// myEncoderParameters);
// Save the bitmap as a JPG file with 75 quality level compression.
myEncoderParameter = new EncoderParameter(myEncoder, 75L);
//myEncoderParameters.Param[0] = myEncoderParameter;
//fileSavePath = Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Download/"), "TestPhotoQuality75.jpeg");
//bmp1.Save(fileSavePath, jgpEncoder,
// myEncoderParameters);
}
private static ImageCodecInfo GetEncoder(ImageFormat format)
{
ImageCodecInfo[] codecs = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageDecoders();
foreach (ImageCodecInfo codec in codecs)
{
if (codec.FormatID == format.Guid)
{
return codec;
}
}
return null;
}
method 2: by changing the height and width of the image(without jpeg conversion)
CommonConstant.CS
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
namespace EmptyDemo.compression
{
#region[Directive]
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
#endregion[Directive]
/// <summary>
/// This class is used to get the constants
/// </summary>
public class CommonConstant
{
public const string JPEG = ".jpeg";
public const string PNG = ".png";
public const string JPG = ".jpg";
public const string BTM = ".btm";
}
}
ImageCompress.CS
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
namespace EmptyDemo.compression
{
#region[Directive]
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
#endregion[Directive]
/// <summary>
/// This class is used to compress the image to
/// provided size
/// </summary>
public class ImageCompress
{
#region[PrivateData]
private static volatile ImageCompress imageCompress;
private Bitmap bitmap;
private int width;
private int height;
private Image img;
#endregion[Privatedata]
#region[Constructor]
/// <summary>
/// It is used to restrict to create the instance of the ImageCompress
/// </summary>
private ImageCompress()
{
}
#endregion[Constructor]
#region[Poperties]
/// <summary>
/// Gets ImageCompress object
/// </summary>
public static ImageCompress GetImageCompressObject
{
get
{
if (imageCompress == null)
{
imageCompress = new ImageCompress();
}
return imageCompress;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets Width
/// </summary>
public int Height
{
get { return height; }
set { height = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets Width
/// </summary>
public int Width
{
get { return width; }
set { width = value; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets Image
/// </summary>
public Bitmap GetImage
{
get { return bitmap; }
set { bitmap = value; }
}
#endregion[Poperties]
#region[PublicFunction]
/// <summary>
/// This function is used to save the image
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName"></param>
/// <param name="path"></param>
public void Save(string fileName, string path)
{
if (ISValidFileType(fileName))
{
string pathaname = path + #"\" + fileName;
save(pathaname, 60);
}
}
#endregion[PublicFunction]
#region[PrivateData]
/// <summary>
/// This function is use to compress the image to
/// predefine size
/// </summary>
/// <returns>return bitmap in compress size</returns>
private Image CompressImage()
{
if (GetImage != null)
{
Width = (Width == 0) ? GetImage.Width : Width;
Height = (Height == 0) ? GetImage.Height : Height;
Bitmap newBitmap = new Bitmap(Width, Height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
newBitmap = bitmap;
newBitmap.SetResolution(80, 80);
return newBitmap.GetThumbnailImage(Width, Height, null, IntPtr.Zero);
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Please provide bitmap");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This function is used to check the file Type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">String data type:contain the file name</param>
/// <returns>true or false on the file extention</returns>
private bool ISValidFileType(string fileName)
{
bool isValidExt = false;
string fileExt = Path.GetExtension(fileName);
switch (fileExt.ToLower())
{
case CommonConstant.JPEG:
case CommonConstant.BTM:
case CommonConstant.JPG:
case CommonConstant.PNG:
isValidExt = true;
break;
}
return isValidExt;
}
/// <summary>
/// This function is used to get the imageCode info
/// on the basis of mimeType
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mimeType">string data type</param>
/// <returns>ImageCodecInfo data type</returns>
private ImageCodecInfo GetImageCoeInfo(string mimeType)
{
ImageCodecInfo[] codes = ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders();
for (int i = 0; i < codes.Length; i++)
{
if (codes[i].MimeType == mimeType)
{
return codes[i];
}
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// this function is used to save the image into a
/// given path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">string data type</param>
/// <param name="quality">int data type</param>
private void save(string path, int quality)
{
img = CompressImage();
////Setting the quality of the picture
EncoderParameter qualityParam =
new EncoderParameter(System.Drawing.Imaging.Encoder.Quality, quality);
////Seting the format to save
ImageCodecInfo imageCodec = GetImageCoeInfo("image/jpeg");
////Used to contain the poarameters of the quality
EncoderParameters parameters = new EncoderParameters(1);
parameters.Param[0] = qualityParam;
////Used to save the image to a given path
img.Save(path, imageCodec, parameters);
}
#endregion[PrivateData]
}
}
Here I am uploading image with the help of jquery and web service and i am passing the file as formdata
[WebMethod]
public void UploadFile()
{
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Files.AllKeys.Any())
{
// Get the uploaded image from the Files collection
var httpPostedFile = HttpContext.Current.Request.Files["UploadedImage"];
if (httpPostedFile != null)
{
ImageCompress imgCompress = ImageCompress.GetImageCompressObject;
imgCompress.GetImage = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(httpPostedFile.InputStream);
imgCompress.Height = 260;
imgCompress.Width = 358;
//imgCompress.Save(httpPostedFile.FileName, #"C:\Documents and Settings\Rasmi\My Documents\Visual Studio2008\WebSites\compressImageFile\Logo");
imgCompress.Save(httpPostedFile.FileName, HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Download/"));
}
}
}

BitmapFrameDecode into Image

Recently, I decided to play with Windows Presentation Foundation and create a variation of chess. The whole thing is kinda done (I believe) but it's a long time now as I can't find a way to set my PNG file as a Image control. This is exemplary class which is affected by a issue:
public class Field
{
public Image Image { get; set; }
public Image GetImage(String keyName)
{
ResourceDictionary imagesDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();
imagesDictionary.Source = new Uri("file:/[...]/ImagesDictionary.xaml");
var var = imagesDictionary[keyName];
Image image = (Image) imagesDictionary[keyName];
return image;
}
public void RefreshImage()
{
if (Unit.Subclass.CompareTo("Bishop").Equals(0))
{
if (Unit.Player.IsWhite)
{
this.Image = this.GetImage("WhiteBishop");
}
...
}
}
My ImagesDictionary.xaml file:
<ResourceDictionary>
<ImageSource x:Key="BlackBishop">BlackBishop.png</ImageSource>
<ImageSource x:Key="WhiteBishop">WhiteBishop.png</ImageSource>
...
</ResourceDictionary>
And the issue is that I don't know how to convert the output of GetImage
(System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrameDecode)
into the
(System.Windows.Controls.Image)
Any ideas?

System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrame is derived from ImageSource.
You should be able to do this:
this.Image = new Image();
this.Image.Source = this.GetImage("WhiteBishop");
or
this.Image.Source = this.GetImage("WhiteBishop").Source;
If BitmapFrameDecode is truly derived from System.Windows.Imaging.Image, not from ImageSource.
-Jesse

OK, here is an improved GetImageSource (name changed to reflect its real purpose).
/// <summary>
/// Get an ImageSource from the ResourceDictionary referred to by the
/// <paramref name="uriDictionary"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keyName">The ResourceDictionary key of the ImageSource
/// to retrieve.</param>
/// <param name="uriDictionary">The Uri to the XAML file that holds
/// the ResourceDictionary.</param>
/// <returns><c>null</c> on failure, the requested <c>ImageSource</c>
/// on success.</returns>
/// <remarks>If the requested resource is an <c>Image</c> instead of
/// an <c>ImageSource</c>,
/// then the <c>image.Source</c> is returned.</remarks>
public static ImageSource GetImageSource(String keyName, Uri uriDictionary)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(keyName))
throw new ArgumentNullException("keyName");
if (null == uriDictionary)
throw new ArgumentNullException("uriDictionary");
ResourceDictionary imagesDictionary = new ResourceDictionary();
imagesDictionary.Source = uriDictionary;
var var = imagesDictionary[keyName];
Object blob = imagesDictionary[keyName];
Debug.WriteLine(String.Format(
"error: GetImageSource( '{0}', '{1}' )"
+ " value is: {2}",
keyName,
uriDictionary,
(null == blob) ? "null" : blob.GetType().FullName));
if (null != blob)
{
if (blob is ImageSource)
{
return blob as ImageSource;
}
if (blob is Image)
{
Image image = blob as Image;
return image.Source;
}
if (blob is System.Drawing.Image)
{
System.Drawing.Image dImage = blob as System.Drawing.Image;
MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
dImage.Save(mem, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.MemoryBmp);
mem.Position = 0;
BitmapDecoder decode = new BmpBitmapDecoder(
mem,
BitmapCreateOptions.None,
BitmapCacheOption.None);
return decode.Frames[0];
}
Debug.WriteLine(String.Format(
"error: GetImageSource( '{0}', '{1}' )"
+ " can't handle type: {2}",
keyName,
uriDictionary,
blob.GetType().FullName));
}
return null;
}
And to use it you would do this:
String packText = String.Format("pack://application:,,,/{0};component/{1}",
Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().FullName,
"ImageDictionary.xaml");
Uri imageUri = new Uri(packText);
// or if you prefer:
// Uri imageUri = new Uri("file:///.../ImageDictionary.xaml");
//
ImageSource source = GetImageSource(imageKey, imageUri);
if (null != source)
{
this.Image.Source = source;
}
else
{
// bail ...
}
The Drawing.Image case will handle BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF, etc., even though I used BmpBitmapDecoder. But be aware that XAML images stretch very prettily but Drawing.Image does not.
-Jesse

Dim img As New BitmapImage
Using mem As New System.IO.MemoryStream(<InputArrayHere>)
img.BeginInit()
img.StreamSource = mem
img.EndInit()
End Using
return img

Using a scanner without dialogs in C#

I'm building a .Net 4.0 application for remote control of a scanner device. I have tried both TWAIN and WIA libraries, but I have the same problem. Scanning images without scanner selection and scanning settings dialogs.
I found a useful article on WIA scripting in .Net, and modified it to this:
private Image Scan(string deviceName)
{
WiaClass wiaManager = null; // WIA manager COM object
CollectionClass wiaDevs = null; // WIA devices collection COM object
ItemClass wiaRoot = null; // WIA root device COM object
CollectionClass wiaPics = null; // WIA collection COM object
ItemClass wiaItem = null; // WIA image COM object
try
{
// create COM instance of WIA manager
wiaManager = new WiaClass();
// call Wia.Devices to get all devices
wiaDevs = wiaManager.Devices as CollectionClass;
if ((wiaDevs == null) || (wiaDevs.Count == 0))
{
throw new Exception("No WIA devices found!");
}
object device = null;
foreach (IWiaDeviceInfo currentDevice in wiaManager.Devices)
{
if (currentDevice.Name == deviceName)
{
device = currentDevice;
break;
}
}
if (device == null)
{
throw new Exception
(
"Device with name \"" +
deviceName +
"\" could not be found."
);
}
// select device
wiaRoot = (ItemClass)wiaManager.Create(ref device);
// something went wrong
if (wiaRoot == null)
{
throw new Exception
(
"Could not initialize device \"" +
deviceName + "\"."
);
}
wiaPics = wiaRoot.GetItemsFromUI
(
WiaFlag.SingleImage,
WiaIntent.ImageTypeColor
) as CollectionClass;
if (wiaPics == null || wiaPics.Count == 0)
{
throw new Exception("Could not scan image.");
}
Image image = null;
// enumerate all the pictures the user selected
foreach (object wiaObj in wiaPics)
{
if (image == null)
{
wiaItem = (ItemClass)Marshal.CreateWrapperOfType
(
wiaObj, typeof(ItemClass)
);
// create temporary file for image
string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
// transfer picture to our temporary file
wiaItem.Transfer(tempFile, false);
// create Image instance from file
image = Image.FromFile(tempFile);
}
// release enumerated COM object
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaObj);
}
if (image == null)
{
throw new Exception("Error reading scanned image.");
}
return image;
}
finally
{
// release WIA image COM object
if (wiaItem != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaItem);
// release WIA collection COM object
if (wiaPics != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaPics);
// release WIA root device COM object
if (wiaRoot != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaRoot);
// release WIA devices collection COM object
if (wiaDevs != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaDevs);
// release WIA manager COM object
if (wiaManager != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(wiaManager);
}
}
With this I actually managed to select the device from configuration (input parameter of the Scan method) and retrieve the resulting image after scan.
But the problem with scanning options dialog (Scan using DEVICENAME). As this is a remote control application, dialog will not be visible to the user, so I need to either skip it using default settings, or use settings from a configuration if necessary.
Scanning options dialog:

In the end I did not use the code written in the question for scanning dialogs. I found a useful example of Scanning with Windows Image Acquisition 2.0 which by the way also had a blocking dialog, but this was easily modified and in moments I had a simple class with a Scan(string scannerId) function which would just scan with a selected device and nothing more, see code () below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
namespace WIATest
{
class WIAScanner
{
const string wiaFormatBMP = "{B96B3CAB-0728-11D3-9D7B-0000F81EF32E}";
class WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT
{
public const uint FEEDER = 0x00000001;
public const uint FLATBED = 0x00000002;
}
class WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS
{
public const uint FEED_READY = 0x00000001;
}
class WIA_PROPERTIES
{
public const uint WIA_RESERVED_FOR_NEW_PROPS = 1024;
public const uint WIA_DIP_FIRST = 2;
public const uint WIA_DPA_FIRST = WIA_DIP_FIRST + WIA_RESERVED_FOR_NEW_PROPS;
public const uint WIA_DPC_FIRST = WIA_DPA_FIRST + WIA_RESERVED_FOR_NEW_PROPS;
//
// Scanner only device properties (DPS)
//
public const uint WIA_DPS_FIRST = WIA_DPC_FIRST + WIA_RESERVED_FOR_NEW_PROPS;
public const uint WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS = WIA_DPS_FIRST + 13;
public const uint WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT = WIA_DPS_FIRST + 14;
}
/// <summary>
/// Use scanner to scan an image (with user selecting the scanner from a dialog).
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Scanned images.</returns>
public static List<Image> Scan()
{
WIA.ICommonDialog dialog = new WIA.CommonDialog();
WIA.Device device = dialog.ShowSelectDevice(WIA.WiaDeviceType.UnspecifiedDeviceType, true, false);
if (device != null)
{
return Scan(device.DeviceID);
}
else
{
throw new Exception("You must select a device for scanning.");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Use scanner to scan an image (scanner is selected by its unique id).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="scannerName"></param>
/// <returns>Scanned images.</returns>
public static List<Image> Scan(string scannerId)
{
List<Image> images = new List<Image>();
bool hasMorePages = true;
while (hasMorePages)
{
// select the correct scanner using the provided scannerId parameter
WIA.DeviceManager manager = new WIA.DeviceManager();
WIA.Device device = null;
foreach (WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)
{
if (info.DeviceID == scannerId)
{
// connect to scanner
device = info.Connect();
break;
}
}
// device was not found
if (device == null)
{
// enumerate available devices
string availableDevices = "";
foreach (WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)
{
availableDevices += info.DeviceID + "n";
}
// show error with available devices
throw new Exception("The device with provided ID could not be found. Available Devices:n" + availableDevices);
}
WIA.Item item = device.Items[1] as WIA.Item;
try
{
// scan image
WIA.ICommonDialog wiaCommonDialog = new WIA.CommonDialog();
WIA.ImageFile image = (WIA.ImageFile)wiaCommonDialog.ShowTransfer(item, wiaFormatBMP, false);
// save to temp file
string fileName = Path.GetTempFileName();
File.Delete(fileName);
image.SaveFile(fileName);
image = null;
// add file to output list
images.Add(Image.FromFile(fileName));
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
throw exc;
}
finally
{
item = null;
//determine if there are any more pages waiting
WIA.Property documentHandlingSelect = null;
WIA.Property documentHandlingStatus = null;
foreach (WIA.Property prop in device.Properties)
{
if (prop.PropertyID == WIA_PROPERTIES.WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT)
documentHandlingSelect = prop;
if (prop.PropertyID == WIA_PROPERTIES.WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS)
documentHandlingStatus = prop;
}
// assume there are no more pages
hasMorePages = false;
// may not exist on flatbed scanner but required for feeder
if (documentHandlingSelect != null)
{
// check for document feeder
if ((Convert.ToUInt32(documentHandlingSelect.get_Value()) &amp;amp;amp; WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_SELECT.FEEDER) != 0)
{
hasMorePages = ((Convert.ToUInt32(documentHandlingStatus.get_Value()) &amp;amp;amp; WIA_DPS_DOCUMENT_HANDLING_STATUS.FEED_READY) != 0);
}
}
}
}
return images;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the list of available WIA devices.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List<string> GetDevices()
{
List<string> devices = new List<string>();
WIA.DeviceManager manager = new WIA.DeviceManager();
foreach (WIA.DeviceInfo info in manager.DeviceInfos)
{
devices.Add(info.DeviceID);
}
return devices;
}
}
}

First off, many thanks to Miljenko Barbir for his above solution, it works great.
I would like to add that if you want zero dialogs, you can use (from Milijenko's demo code)
WIA.ImageFile image = item.Transfer(wiaFormatBMP);
instead of
WIA.ImageFile image = (WIA.ImageFile)wiaCommonDialog.ShowTransfer(item, wiaFormatBMP, false);
This basically removes the progress bar as well, so you get scanning without any dialogs.

// show scanner view
guif.ShowUI = 0;
guif.ModalUI = 0;
You can see in this code that's I've implemented.

take picture and directly save image to pc using edsdk 2.8

I'm new to the EDSDK 2.8
At the moment, my program can take pictures. However, when a picture is taken, that picture is temporarily stored in a buffer in the Canon camera. I would like to know how to save it directory to the PC?
Does anyone have any ideas? Or sample code in c# or vb.net?

I am doing the same in that I have no memory card in the camera and want to transfer the image to the host computer after the take picture command is sent. Here is what worked for me to get the ObjectEventHandler callback called when no memory card is installed in the Canon EOS50D.
EdsUInt32 setsaveto = kEdsSaveTo_Both;
err = EdsSetPropertyData(camera, kEdsPropID_SaveTo, 0, sizeof(setsaveto), &setsaveto);
Voila, the callback gets called and I can then proceed to do the getCapturedItem() function as Wayne has posted in the earlier post.

Here is what I have done:
First, you have to register for the callback event when an object is created (ie, a picture). I did this in a registerEvents method that I created:
// Register OBJECT events
edsObjectEventHandler = new EDSDK.EdsObjectEventHandler(objectEventHandler);
error = EDSDK.EdsSetObjectEventHandler(this.CameraDevice,
EDSDK.ObjectEvent_All, edsObjectEventHandler, IntPtr.Zero);
if (EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK != error)
{
throw new CameraEventRegistrationException("Unable to
register object events with the camera!", error);
}
The objectEventHandler is the method that will be called when a picture is created.
The method needs to conform to the interface dictated by the API. Here's an example implementation of that method:
/// <summary>
/// Registered callback function for recieving object events
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inEvent">Indicate the event type supplemented.</param>
/// <param name="inRef">Returns a reference to objects created by the event.</param>
/// <param name="inContext">Passes inContext without modification</param>
/// <returns>Status 0 (OK)</returns>
private uint objectEventHandler(uint inEvent, IntPtr inRef, IntPtr inContext)
{
switch (inEvent)
{
case EDSDK.ObjectEvent_DirItemCreated:
this.invokeNewItemCreatedEvent(new NewItemCreatedEventArgs(getCapturedItem(inRef)));
Console.WriteLine("Directory Item Created");
break;
case EDSDK.ObjectEvent_DirItemRequestTransfer:
Console.WriteLine("Directory Item Requested Transfer");
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("ObjectEventHandler: event {0}, ref {1}", inEvent.ToString("X"), inRef.ToString()));
break;
}
return 0x0;
}
In this example I turn around and spawn my own event, which has the reference to the stream object. This is handled by the following code:
/// <summary>
/// Gets a photo or video clip from the camera
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryItem">Reference to the item that the camera captured.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private CapturedItem getCapturedItem(IntPtr directoryItem)
{
uint err = EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK;
IntPtr stream = IntPtr.Zero;
EDSDK.EdsDirectoryItemInfo dirItemInfo;
err = EDSDK.EdsGetDirectoryItemInfo(directoryItem, out dirItemInfo);
if (err != EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
throw new CameraException("Unable to get captured item info!", err);
}
// Fill the stream with the resulting image
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
err = EDSDK.EdsCreateMemoryStream((uint)dirItemInfo.Size, out stream);
}
// Copy the stream to a byte[] and
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
err = EDSDK.EdsDownload(directoryItem, (uint)dirItemInfo.Size, stream);
}
// Create the returned item
CapturedItem item = new CapturedItem();
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
IntPtr imageRef = IntPtr.Zero;
err = EDSDK.EdsCreateImageRef(stream, out imageRef);
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
EDSDK.EdsImageInfo info;
err = EDSDK.EdsGetImageInfo(imageRef, EDSDK.EdsImageSource.FullView, out info);
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
item.Dimensions = new com.waynehartman.util.graphics.Dimension((int)info.Width, (int)info.Height);
EDSDK.EdsRelease(imageRef);
}
}
}
if (err == EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)dirItemInfo.Size];
GCHandle gcHandle = GCHandle.Alloc(buffer, GCHandleType.Pinned);
IntPtr address = gcHandle.AddrOfPinnedObject();
IntPtr streamPtr = IntPtr.Zero;
err = EDSDK.EdsGetPointer(stream, out streamPtr);
if (err != EDSDK.EDS_ERR_OK)
{
throw new CameraDownloadException("Unable to get resultant image.", err);
}
try
{
Marshal.Copy(streamPtr, buffer, 0, (int)dirItemInfo.Size);
item.Image = buffer;
item.Name = dirItemInfo.szFileName;
item.Size = (long)dirItemInfo.Size;
item.IsFolder = Convert.ToBoolean(dirItemInfo.isFolder);
return item;
}
catch (AccessViolationException ave)
{
throw new CameraDownloadException("Error copying unmanaged stream to managed byte[].", ave);
}
finally
{
gcHandle.Free();
EDSDK.EdsRelease(stream);
EDSDK.EdsRelease(streamPtr);
}
}
else
{
throw new CameraDownloadException("Unable to get resultant image.", err);
}
}

How can I embed any file type into Microsoft Word using OpenXml 2.0

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a good way to embed any file into Microsoft Word using OpenXml 2.0; Office documents are fairly easy but what about other file types such as PDF, TXT, GIF, JPG, HTML, etc....
What is a good way to get this to work for any file type, in C#?

Embedding Foreign Objects (PDF, TXT, GIF, etc…) into Microsoft Word using OpenXml 2.0
(Well, in collaboration with COM)
I got a lot from this site, so here I asked and answered my own question in order to give back a little on a topic in which I had difficulty finding answers on, hope it helps people.
There are several examples out there that show how to embed an Office Document into another Office Document using OpenXml 2.0, what’s not out there and easily understandable is how to embed just about any file into and Office Document.
I have learned a lot from other people’s code, so this is my attempt to contribute. Since I am already using OpenXml to generate documents, and I am in need of embedding other files into Word, I have decided use a collaboration of OpenXml and COM (Microsoft Office 2007 dll’s) to achieve my goal. If you are like me, “invoking the OLE server application to create an IStorage” doesn’t mean much to you.
In this example I’d like to show how I use COM to PROGRMATICALLY get the OLE-binary data information of the attached file, and then how I used that information within my OpenXml document. Basically, I am programmatically looking at the OpenXml 2.0 Document Reflector to get the information I need.
My code below is broken down into several classes, but here is an outline of what I am doing:
Create an OpenXml WordProcessingDocument, get the System.IO.FileInfo for the file you want to Embed
Create a custom OpenXmlEmbeddedObject object (this is what holds all the binary data)
Use the binary data from the above step to create Data and Image Streams
Use those Streams as the File Object and File Image for your OpenXml Document
I know there is a lot of code, and not much explanation… Hopefully it is easy to follow and will help people out 
Requirements:
• DocumentFormat.OpenXml dll (OpenXml 2.0)
• WindowsBase dll
• Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word dll (Office 2007 – version 12)
• This the main class that starts everything, opens a WordProcessingDocument and class to have the file attached
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
using System.IO;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
public class MyReport
{
private MainDocumentPart _mainDocumentPart;
public void CreateReport()
{
using (WordprocessingDocument wpDocument = WordprocessingDocument.Create(#"TempPath\MyReport.docx", WordprocessingDocumentType.Document))
{
_mainDocumentPart = wpDocument.AddMainDocumentPart();
_mainDocumentPart.Document = new Document(new Body());
AttachFile(#"MyFilePath\MyFile.pdf", true);
}
}
private void AttachFile(string filePathAndName, bool displayAsIcon)
{
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePathAndName);
OpenXmlHelper.AppendEmbeddedObject(_mainDocumentPart, fileInfo, displayAsIcon);
}
}
• This class in an OpenXml helper class, holds all the logic to embed an object into your OpenXml File
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Validation;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
using OVML = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Vml.Office;
using V = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Vml;
public class OpenXmlHelper
{
/// <summary>
/// Appends an Embedded Object into the specified Main Document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mainDocumentPart">The MainDocument Part of your OpenXml Word Doc</param>
/// <param name="fileInfo">The FileInfo object associated with the file being embedded</param>
/// <param name="displayAsIcon">Whether or not to display the embedded file as an Icon (Otherwise it will display a snapshot of the file)</param>
public static void AppendEmbeddedObject(MainDocumentPart mainDocumentPart, FileInfo fileInfo, bool displayAsIcon)
{
OpenXmlEmbeddedObject openXmlEmbeddedObject = new OpenXmlEmbeddedObject(fileInfo, displayAsIcon);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(openXmlEmbeddedObject.OleObjectBinaryData))
{
using (Stream dataStream = new MemoryStream(Convert.FromBase64String(openXmlEmbeddedObject.OleObjectBinaryData)))
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(openXmlEmbeddedObject.OleImageBinaryData))
{
using (Stream emfStream = new MemoryStream(Convert.FromBase64String(openXmlEmbeddedObject.OleImageBinaryData)))
{
string imagePartId = GetUniqueXmlItemID();
ImagePart imagePart = mainDocumentPart.AddImagePart(ImagePartType.Emf, imagePartId);
if (emfStream != null)
{
imagePart.FeedData(emfStream);
}
string embeddedPackagePartId = GetUniqueXmlItemID();
if (dataStream != null)
{
if (openXmlEmbeddedObject.ObjectIsOfficeDocument)
{
EmbeddedPackagePart embeddedObjectPart = mainDocumentPart.AddNewPart<EmbeddedPackagePart>(
openXmlEmbeddedObject.FileContentType, embeddedPackagePartId);
embeddedObjectPart.FeedData(dataStream);
}
else
{
EmbeddedObjectPart embeddedObjectPart = mainDocumentPart.AddNewPart<EmbeddedObjectPart>(
openXmlEmbeddedObject.FileContentType, embeddedPackagePartId);
embeddedObjectPart.FeedData(dataStream);
}
}
if (!displayAsIcon && !openXmlEmbeddedObject.ObjectIsPicture)
{
Paragraph attachmentHeader = CreateParagraph(String.Format("Attachment: {0} (Double-Click to Open)", fileInfo.Name));
mainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Append(attachmentHeader);
}
Paragraph embeddedObjectParagraph = GetEmbeededObjectParagraph(openXmlEmbeddedObject.FileType,
imagePartId, openXmlEmbeddedObject.OleImageStyle, embeddedPackagePartId);
mainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Append(embeddedObjectParagraph);
}
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets Paragraph that includes the embedded object
/// </summary>
private static Paragraph GetEmbeededObjectParagraph(string fileType, string imageID, string imageStyle, string embeddedPackageID)
{
EmbeddedObject embeddedObject = new EmbeddedObject();
string shapeID = GetUniqueXmlItemID();
V.Shape shape = new V.Shape() { Id = shapeID, Style = imageStyle };
V.ImageData imageData = new V.ImageData() { Title = "", RelationshipId = imageID };
shape.Append(imageData);
OVML.OleObject oleObject = new OVML.OleObject()
{
Type = OVML.OleValues.Embed,
ProgId = fileType,
ShapeId = shapeID,
DrawAspect = OVML.OleDrawAspectValues.Icon,
ObjectId = GetUniqueXmlItemID(),
Id = embeddedPackageID
};
embeddedObject.Append(shape);
embeddedObject.Append(oleObject);
Paragraph paragraphImage = new Paragraph();
Run runImage = new Run(embeddedObject);
paragraphImage.Append(runImage);
return paragraphImage;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a Unique ID for an XML Item, for reference purposes
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A GUID string with removed dashes</returns>
public static string GetUniqueXmlItemID()
{
return "r" + System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");
}
private static Paragraph CreateParagraph(string paragraphText)
{
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
ParagraphProperties paragraphProperties = new ParagraphProperties();
paragraphProperties.Append(new Justification()
{
Val = JustificationValues.Left
});
paragraphProperties.Append(new SpacingBetweenLines()
{
After = Convert.ToString(100),
Line = Convert.ToString(100),
LineRule = LineSpacingRuleValues.AtLeast
});
Run run = new Run();
RunProperties runProperties = new RunProperties();
Text text = new Text();
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(paragraphText))
{
text.Text = paragraphText;
}
run.Append(runProperties);
run.Append(text);
paragraph.Append(paragraphProperties);
paragraph.Append(run);
return paragraph;
}
}
• This is the most important part of this process, it is using Microsoft's internal OLE Server, creates the Binary DATA and Binary EMF information for a file. All you have to here is call the OpenXmlEmbeddedObject constructor and all get’s taken care of. It will mimic the process that goes on when you manually drag any file into Word; there is some kind of conversion that goes on when you do that, turning the file into an OLE object, so that Microsoft can recognize the file.
o The most imporant parts of this class are the OleObjectBinaryData and OleImageBinaryData properties; they contain the 64Bit string binary info for the file data and ‘.emf’ image.
o If you choose to not display the file as an icon, then the ‘.emf’ image data will create a snapshot of the file, like the first page of the pdf file for example, in which you can still double-click to open
o If you are embedding an image and choose not to display it as an Icon, then the OleObjectBinaryData and OleImageBinaryData properties will be the same
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Xml;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
public class OpenXmlEmbeddedObject
{
#region Constants
private const string _defaultOleContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.oleObject";
private const string _oleObjectDataTag = "application/vnd";
private const string _oleImageDataTag = "image/x-emf";
#endregion Constants
#region Member Variables
private static FileInfo _fileInfo;
private static string _filePathAndName;
private static bool _displayAsIcon;
private static bool _objectIsPicture;
private object _objectMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
private object _objectFalse = false;
private object _objectTrue = true;
#endregion Member Variables
#region Properties
/// <summary>
/// The File Type, as stored in Registry (Ex: a GIF Image = 'giffile')
/// </summary>
public string FileType
{
get
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(_fileType) && _fileInfo != null)
{
_fileType = GetFileType(_fileInfo, false);
}
return _fileType;
}
}
private string _fileType;
/// <summary>
/// The File Context Type, as storered in Registry (Ex: a GIF Image = 'image/gif')
/// * Is converted into the 'Default Office Context Type' for non-office files
/// </summary>
public string FileContentType
{
get
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(_fileContentType) && _fileInfo != null)
{
_fileContentType = GetFileContentType(_fileInfo);
if (!_fileContentType.Contains("officedocument"))
{
_fileContentType = _defaultOleContentType;
}
}
return _fileContentType;
}
}
private string _fileContentType;
/// <summary>
/// Gets the ContentType Text for the file
/// </summary>
public static string GetFileContentType(FileInfo fileInfo)
{
if (fileInfo == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("fileInfo");
}
string mime = "application/octetstream";
string ext = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(fileInfo.Name).ToLower();
Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(ext);
if (rk != null && rk.GetValue("Content Type") != null)
{
mime = rk.GetValue("Content Type").ToString();
}
return mime;
}
public bool ObjectIsOfficeDocument
{
get { return FileContentType != _defaultOleContentType; }
}
public bool ObjectIsPicture
{
get { return _objectIsPicture; }
}
public string OleObjectBinaryData
{
get { return _oleObjectBinaryData; }
set { _oleObjectBinaryData = value; }
}
private string _oleObjectBinaryData;
public string OleImageBinaryData
{
get { return _oleImageBinaryData; }
set { _oleImageBinaryData = value; }
}
private string _oleImageBinaryData;
/// <summary>
/// The OpenXml information for the Word Application that is created (Make-Shoft Code Reflector)
/// </summary>
public string WordOpenXml
{
get { return _wordOpenXml; }
set { _wordOpenXml = value; }
}
private String _wordOpenXml;
/// <summary>
/// The XmlDocument that is created based on the OpenXml Data from WordOpenXml
/// </summary>
public XmlDocument OpenXmlDocument
{
get
{
if (_openXmlDocument == null && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(WordOpenXml))
{
_openXmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
_openXmlDocument.LoadXml(WordOpenXml);
}
return _openXmlDocument;
}
}
private XmlDocument _openXmlDocument;
/// <summary>
/// The XmlNodeList, for all Nodes containing 'binaryData'
/// </summary>
public XmlNodeList BinaryDataXmlNodesList
{
get
{
if (_binaryDataXmlNodesList == null && OpenXmlDocument != null)
{
_binaryDataXmlNodesList = OpenXmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("pkg:binaryData");
}
return _binaryDataXmlNodesList;
}
}
private XmlNodeList _binaryDataXmlNodesList;
/// <summary>
/// Icon Object for the file
/// </summary>
public Icon ObjectIcon
{
get
{
if (_objectIcon == null)
{
_objectIcon = Enterprise.Windows.Win32.Win32.GetLargeIcon(_filePathAndName);
}
return _objectIcon;
}
}
private Icon _objectIcon;
/// <summary>
/// File Name for the Icon being created
/// </summary>
public string ObjectIconFile
{
get
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(_objectIconFile))
{
_objectIconFile = String.Format("{0}.ico", _filePathAndName.Replace(".", ""));
}
return _objectIconFile;
}
}
private string _objectIconFile;
/// <summary>
/// Gets the original height and width of the emf file being created
/// </summary>
public string OleImageStyle
{
get
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(_oleImageStyle) && !String.IsNullOrEmpty(WordOpenXml))
{
XmlNodeList xmlNodeList = OpenXmlDocument.GetElementsByTagName("v:shape");
if (xmlNodeList != null && xmlNodeList.Count > 0)
{
foreach (XmlAttribute attribute in xmlNodeList[0].Attributes)
{
if (attribute.Name == "style")
{
_oleImageStyle = attribute.Value;
}
}
}
}
return _oleImageStyle;
}
set { _oleImageStyle = value; }
}
private string _oleImageStyle;
#endregion Properties
#region Constructor
/// <summary>
/// Generates binary information for the file being passed in
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileInfo">The FileInfo object for the file to be embedded</param>
/// <param name="displayAsIcon">Whether or not to display the file as an Icon (Otherwise it will show a snapshot view of the file)</param>
public OpenXmlEmbeddedObject(FileInfo fileInfo, bool displayAsIcon)
{
_fileInfo = fileInfo;
_filePathAndName = fileInfo.ToString();
_displayAsIcon = displayAsIcon;
SetupOleFileInformation();
}
#endregion Constructor
#region Methods
/// <summary>
/// Creates a temporary Word App in order to add an OLE Object, get's the OpenXML data from the file (similar to the Code Reflector info)
/// </summary>
private void SetupOleFileInformation()
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApplication = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document wordDocument = wordApplication.Documents.Add(ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing,
ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing);
object iconObjectFileName = _objectMissing;
object objectClassType = FileType;
object objectFilename = _fileInfo.ToString();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.InlineShape inlineShape = null;
if (_displayAsIcon)
{
if (ObjectIcon != null)
{
using (FileStream iconStream = new FileStream(ObjectIconFile, FileMode.Create))
{
ObjectIcon.Save(iconStream);
iconObjectFileName = ObjectIconFile;
}
}
object objectIconLabel = _fileInfo.Name;
inlineShape = wordDocument.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ref objectClassType,
ref objectFilename, ref _objectFalse, ref _objectTrue, ref iconObjectFileName,
ref _objectMissing, ref objectIconLabel, ref _objectMissing);
}
else
{
try
{
Image image = Image.FromFile(_fileInfo.ToString());
_objectIsPicture = true;
OleImageStyle = String.Format("height:{0}pt;width:{1}pt", image.Height, image.Width);
wordDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture(_fileInfo.ToString(), ref _objectMissing, ref _objectTrue, ref _objectMissing);
}
catch
{
inlineShape = wordDocument.InlineShapes.AddOLEObject(ref objectClassType,
ref objectFilename, ref _objectFalse, ref _objectFalse, ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing,
ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing);
}
}
WordOpenXml = wordDocument.Range(ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing).WordOpenXML;
if (_objectIsPicture)
{
OleObjectBinaryData = GetPictureBinaryData();
OleImageBinaryData = GetPictureBinaryData();
}
else
{
OleObjectBinaryData = GetOleBinaryData(_oleObjectDataTag);
OleImageBinaryData = GetOleBinaryData(_oleImageDataTag);
}
// Not sure why, but Excel seems to hang in the processes if you attach an Excel file…
// This kills the excel process that has been started < 15 seconds ago (so not to kill the user's other Excel processes that may be open)
if (FileType.StartsWith("Excel"))
{
Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL");
foreach (Process process in processes)
{
if (DateTime.Now.Subtract(process.StartTime).Seconds <= 15)
{
process.Kill();
break;
}
}
}
wordDocument.Close(ref _objectFalse, ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing);
wordApplication.Quit(ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing, ref _objectMissing);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the binary data from the Xml File that is associated with the Tag passed in
/// </summary>
/// <param name="binaryDataXmlTag">the Tag to look for in the OpenXml</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private string GetOleBinaryData(string binaryDataXmlTag)
{
string binaryData = null;
if (BinaryDataXmlNodesList != null)
{
foreach (XmlNode xmlNode in BinaryDataXmlNodesList)
{
if (xmlNode.ParentNode != null)
{
foreach (XmlAttribute attr in xmlNode.ParentNode.Attributes)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(binaryData) && attr.Value.Contains(binaryDataXmlTag))
{
binaryData = xmlNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
}
}
}
return binaryData;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the image Binary data, if the file is an image
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private string GetPictureBinaryData()
{
string binaryData = null;
if (BinaryDataXmlNodesList != null)
{
foreach (XmlNode xmlNode in BinaryDataXmlNodesList)
{
binaryData = xmlNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
return binaryData;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the file type description ("Application", "Text Document", etc.) for the file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileInfo">FileInfo containing extention</param>
/// <returns>Type Description</returns>
public static string GetFileType(FileInfo fileInfo, bool returnDescription)
{
if (fileInfo == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("fileInfo");
}
string description = "File";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileInfo.Extension))
{
return description;
}
description = string.Format("{0} File", fileInfo.Extension.Substring(1).ToUpper());
RegistryKey typeKey = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(fileInfo.Extension);
if (typeKey == null)
{
return description;
}
string type = Convert.ToString(typeKey.GetValue(string.Empty));
RegistryKey key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(type);
if (key == null)
{
return description;
}
if (returnDescription)
{
description = Convert.ToString(key.GetValue(string.Empty));
return description;
}
else
{
return type;
}
}
#endregion Methods
}

_objectIcon = Enterprise.Windows.Win32.Win32.GetLargeIcon(_filePathAndName);
seems to be broken, but
_objectIcon = System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(_filePathAndName);
should also work.

My answer here will tell you how to do this, but not show you with the SDK or a specific language.

This is a great answer and it helped me a lot, but the potential bug that user bic mentioned also exists
in
OpenXmlEmbeddedObject(FileInfo fileInfo, bool displayAsIcon)
at line 242,
_filePathAndName = fileInfo.ToString();
in
SetupOleFileInformation()
at line 264,
object objectFilename = _fileInfo.ToString();
line 289, and
Image image = Image.FromFile(_fileInfo.ToString());
line 293
wordDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture(_fileInfo.toString(), ref _objectMissing, ref _objectTrue, ref _objectMissing);
All of these need to be "FullName" instead of "ToString()" if the code should work with relative paths as well. Hope this helps anyone who wants to use D Lyonnais's code!

Make a copy of the document how you wanted to get through code and then use Open XML SDK Tool 2.5 for Microsoft Office for writing code. This tool reflects code. which you can simply copy paste.