Exporting to GIF or PNG with the Shape.Export method

[Olaf Lischke]

Hi all,

the help to the Shape.Export method says "The Export method uses the default
preference settings for the specified filter and does not prompt the user for
non-default arguments."

That's quite nice for a straight forward approach to exporting VSDs to GIF
or PNG, but what if I'd like to export them as thumbnails, let's say 30x80
pixels?
How do I set preferences to that export filter programmatically? I'm using
the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio namespace in VB.NET.

Thx
Olaf

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Hi Olaf,

Unfortunately those settings are not exposed through automation. Visio uses
whatever settings were chosen by the user the last time they exported.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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[Olaf Lischke]

Thanks Mark,

seems if it is as it is.
So my VB.NET application should transform the PNG exported by Visio to a
thumbnail picture afterwards.

Bye
Olaf