Is there a way to programmatically embed photos in Word?

[pattyc]

My app creates an HTML with text and images. Then I use a converter (currently trying out ConvertDoc) to convert the HTML to a Word doc. I'm doing this because I need to have the images inline with the text so that a user would be able to open the Word doc and select, copy and paste a whole line (with text and images) all at once.

The problem is that the resulting Word doc has, I guess, links to the images. The images are not actually embedded (or inserted) into the Doc. Is there a an HTML->Word converter that will insert the images, or is there a way to this programmatically?

I'm using Word 2007, but the end users might be using any version of Word.

I've read that if you open a Word 2003 doc with images and then Ctrl-A, Ctrl_Shift-F9 and then save the doc, the images will be inserted into the doc. However, I've also read that this doesn't work with Word 2007. Plus I don't know if this can be done programmatically.

Thanks - any help or advice is appreciated.

 

[macropod]

Hi Pattyc,

The Ctrl-A then Ctrl-Shift-F9 approach should work in Word 2007. Have you tried it?

The vba equivalent would be:
ActiveDocument.Fields.Unlink

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[buitenhek]

I use an inexpensive package called SnagIt 8 and it works great.

Regards
Peter Buitenhek
ProfitDeveloper.com

 

[macropod]

Hi Peter,

That doesn't directly address Pattyc's problem, which is that the pics are already in the document, but as linked images rather than as embedded images.

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]

 

[pattyc]

Thanks for your replies! I couldn't get the Ctrl-A, Ctrl-Shift-F9 approach working with Word 2007 (I could with Word 2003).

So I found a Word->RTF converter which inserts the images into the resulting Word doc. I just need to clean up my HTML, and I think I'll be ok then.

Thanks again!