AddImageFromFile

This method inserts an image from a file into a PDF document and returns the index of the image.

Syntax

LONG AddImageFromFile (
BSTR fileName
)

Parameters

fileName

Path to the image file.

Return value

This method returns the new image index. If there is more than one image in a file, then it returns the index of the most recently added image. Supported image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF.

Remarks

This method will attempt to calculate the image compression type automatically.

The return value is an image identifier in the document's images collection and can be used in FlipImage, GetImageHeight, GetImageResolution, GetImageWidth, MakeImageGrayScale, MakeImageNegative, PlaceImageToCurrentPage, PDFPAGE_ShowImage.

Equivalent in new interface: IPDFDocument4::AddImageFromFile.

Example

How to Insert and Show an Image in a PDF

Delphi

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{ PDF object is supposed to be created }
PDF.BeginDoc;
j := PDF.AddImageFromFile('chart.jpg');
PDF.PDFPAGE_ShowImage(j, 5, 5, 205, 155, 0);
PDF.EndDoc;

C/C++

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF->BeginDoc();
LONG j = PDF->AddImageFromFile("chart.jpg");
PDF->PDFPAGE_ShowImage(j, 5, 5, 205, 155, 0);
PDF->EndDoc();

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// PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc();
long j = PDF.AddImageFromFile("chart.jpg");
PDF.PDFPAGE_ShowImage(j, 5, 5, 205, 155, 0);
PDF.EndDoc();

Visual Basic

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' PDF object is supposed to be created
PDF.BeginDoc
j = PDF.AddImageFromFile("chart.jpg")
PDF.PDFPAGE_ShowImage j, 5, 5, 205, 155, 0
PDF.EndDoc

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Example

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