Import image from Enterprise Architect to ms Word

[Stenvang]

Working on an Enterprise Architect add-in I want to import an image from Enterprise Architect to ms Word using c#. For now I have solved this by saving the diagram/image as a .pdf file and then reading it again using the iTextSharp.

It seems to me that this is the hard way around the problem and therefore I think there must be a more simple way to get the image from Enterprise Architect to ms Word using c#.

[qwerty]

No. That's actually the EA way to go.

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[AndyJ]

In user-land, it's just Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, (change focus to the word document) Ctrl-V...

I'm surprised that you need to generate a .pdf file in scripting-land.

Of course, word has an annoying tendency to paste the diagram with the borders extending beyond the page boundaries, so if the .pdf method overcomes that, then that's a good thing!

Andy

[Eve]

It's probably easier to use Project.SaveDiagramImageToFile ()

[qwerty]

In user-land, it's just Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, (change focus to the word document) Ctrl-V...

ICR a method to copy the image to paste board via API.

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[Aaron B]

There is also the PutDiagramImageOnClipboard and PutDiagramImageToFile methods available on the Project Class which may be useful.

[Stenvang]

How do you initialize the project class to the current repository and how do you copy the image from clipboard?

[qwerty]

You get it via Repository.GetProjectInterface(). How to get things out of the clip board you better ask on a MS forum (or on StackOverflow).

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[Stenvang]

Thanks to all of you. Everything is working just fine now!
Here's a link to the solution I did come up with:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25358337/import-image-from-enterprise-architect-to-ms-word

[Geert Bellekens]

I wasn't happy with the fact that my add-in would steal my clipboard (and I would loose whatever I copied before) so I figured out a workaround that first writes the image to a temporary file, then reads the file and then copies the contents into my document.

Geert

[qwerty]

I wasn't happy with the fact that my add-in would steal my clipboard (and I would loose whatever I copied before) so I figured out a workaround that first writes the image to a temporary file, then reads the file and then copies the contents into my document.

Geert

As you have already guessed, I'm no windoze programmer. But can't you push the current clipboard contents while doing the diagram operation and then pop it back?

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[Geert Bellekens]

I wasn't happy with the fact that my add-in would steal my clipboard (and I would loose whatever I copied before) so I figured out a workaround that first writes the image to a temporary file, then reads the file and then copies the contents into my document.

Geert

As you have already guessed, I'm no windoze programmer. But can't you push the current clipboard contents while doing the diagram operation and then pop it back?

q.

I guess that would have been possible as well, but given the choice I'd rather not touch the clipboard at all.

Geert