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Reputation: 897

Extract bitmap from TOleContainer?

I'm trying to extract bitmap from TOleContainer using the IDataObject's GetData method.

 OleContainer1.CreateObject('Paint.Picture', false);
 OleContainer1.OleObjectInterface.QueryInterface(IDataObject, DataObject);

EnumFormatEtc with DATADIR_GET on DataObject returns the following:

 cfFormat, ptd, dwAspect, lIndex, tymed

 CF_METAFILEPICT, nil, DVASPECT_CONTENT, -1, TYMED_MFPICT
 CF_DIB, nil, DVASPECT_CONTENT, -1, TYMED_HGLOBAL or TYMED_ISTREAM
 CF_BITMAP, nil, DVASPECT_CONTENT, -1, TYMED_HGLOBAL

But when I do:

FormatEtc.cfFormat := CF_BITMAP;
FormatEtc.ptd := nil;
FormatEtc.dwAspect := DVASPECT_CONTENT;
FormatEtc.lIndex := -1;
FormatEtc.tymed := TYMED_HGLOBAL;

OleCheck(DataObject.GetData(FormatEtc, StorageMedium));

I'm getting Invalid FORMATETC stucture error. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1061

Answers (1)

James L.
James L.

Reputation: 9453

I do the same thing you are trying to do by using the code found here. In my case, I found it best to do the following, which uses the DrawOleOnBmp() in the provided link:

oleMain.UpdateObject;
if oleMain.OleObjectInterface = nil then
  raise Exception.Create('OLE Container is empty.');
DrawOleOnBmp(oleMain.OleObjectInterface, imgMain.Bitmap);
imgMain.Bitmap.SaveToFile('Filename.bmp');

Where oleMain is a TOleContainer, and imgMain is a TImage32. Both are visible on the form...

For convenience, here is the method from the link, written by @MarkElder:

{
  DrawOleOnBmp
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Take a OleObject and draw it to a bitmap canvas.  The bitmap will be sized
  to match the normal size of the OLE Object.
}
procedure DrawOleOnBmp(Ole: IOleObject; Bmp: TBitmap32);
var
  ViewObject2: IViewObject2;
  ViewSize: TPoint;
  AdjustedSize: TPoint;
  DC: HDC;
  R: TRect;
begin
  if Succeeded(Ole.QueryInterface(IViewObject2, ViewObject2)) then
  begin
    ViewObject2.GetExtent(DVASPECT_CONTENT, -1, nil, ViewSize);

    DC := GetDC(0);
    AdjustedSize.X := MulDiv(ViewSize.X, GetDeviceCaps(DC, LOGPIXELSX), 2540);
    AdjustedSize.Y := MulDiv(ViewSize.Y, GetDeviceCaps(DC, LOGPIXELSY), 2540);
    ReleaseDC(0, DC);

    Bmp.Height := AdjustedSize.Y;
    Bmp.Width := AdjustedSize.X;

    Bmp.FillRect(0, 0, Bmp.Width, Bmp.Height, clWhite);

    SetRect(R, 0, 0, Bmp.Width, Bmp.Height);

    OleDraw(Ole, DVASPECT_CONTENT, Bmp.Canvas.Handle, R);
  end
  else
  begin
    raise Exception.Create('Could not get the IViewObject2 interfact on the OleObject');
  end;
end;

Upvotes: 1

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