How to Place a PDF file Inside the WinForms Excel?
WinForms Excel document can be placed inside an Excel cell using the OLE objects concept available in Syncfusion® XlsIO. The concept of OLE helps to link or embed documents.
The following code snippet explains how to place a PDF document in an Excel cell.
C#
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
IWorksheet sheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
Image image = Image.FromFile("../../Data/Image.png");
// Select the object, image for the display icon and the type of the OLEObject to insert
IOleObject ole = sheet.OleObjects.Add("../../Data/ExcelToPDF.pdf", image, OleLinkType.Embed);
workbook.SaveAs("LinkedObjects.xlsx");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("LinkedObjects.xlsx");
}
VB.NET
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1)
Dim sheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
Dim image As Image = Image.FromFile("../../Data/Image.png")
'Select the object, image for the display icon and the type of the OLEObject to insert
Dim ole As IOleObject = sheet.OleObjects.Add("../../Data/ExcelToPDF.pdf", image, OleLinkType.Embed)
workbook.SaveAs("LinkedObjects.xlsx")
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("LinkedObjects.xlsx")
End Using
A complete working C# sample can be downloaded from PDFInExcelCell.zip
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Conclusion
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