image_buffer.c

<< output_buffer.c

merge_range.c >>

Example of adding an image to a worksheet from a memory buffer.

/*
 * An example of inserting an image from a memory buffer into a worksheet
 * using the libxlsxwriter library.
 *
 * Copyright 2014-2021 John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
 *
 */
 
#include "xlsxwriter.h"
 
 
/* Simple array with some PNG data. */
unsigned char image_buffer[] = {
    0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0d,
    0x49, 0x48, 0x44, 0x52, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20,
    0x08, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x18, 0xed, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x01, 0x73, 0x52, 0x47, 0x42, 0x00, 0xae, 0xce, 0x1c, 0xe9, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x04, 0x67, 0x41, 0x4d, 0x41, 0x00, 0x00, 0xb1, 0x8f, 0x0b, 0xfc,
    0x61, 0x05, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x63, 0x48, 0x52, 0x4d, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x7a, 0x26, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x84, 0x00, 0x00, 0xfa, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x80, 0xe8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x75, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, 0xea, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x3a, 0x98, 0x00, 0x00, 0x17, 0x70, 0x9c, 0xba, 0x51, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x00, 0x46, 0x49, 0x44, 0x41, 0x54, 0x48, 0x4b, 0x63, 0xfc, 0xcf, 0x40,
    0x63, 0x00, 0xb4, 0x80, 0xa6, 0x88, 0xb6, 0xa6, 0x83, 0x82, 0x87, 0xa6,
    0xce, 0x1f, 0xb5, 0x80, 0x98, 0xe0, 0x1d, 0x8d, 0x03, 0x82, 0xa1, 0x34,
    0x1a, 0x44, 0xa3, 0x41, 0x44, 0x30, 0x04, 0x08, 0x2a, 0x18, 0x4d, 0x45,
    0xa3, 0x41, 0x44, 0x30, 0x04, 0x08, 0x2a, 0x18, 0x4d, 0x45, 0xa3, 0x41,
    0x44, 0x30, 0x04, 0x08, 0x2a, 0x18, 0x4d, 0x45, 0x03, 0x1f, 0x44, 0x00,
    0xaa, 0x35, 0xdd, 0x4e, 0xe6, 0xd5, 0xa1, 0x22, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
    0x49, 0x45, 0x4e, 0x44, 0xae, 0x42, 0x60, 0x82
};
 
unsigned int image_size = 200;
 
 
int main() {
 
    /* Create a new workbook and add a worksheet. */
    lxw_workbook  *workbook  = workbook_new("image_buffer.xlsx");
    lxw_worksheet *worksheet = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
 
    lxw_image_options options = {.x_offset = 34, .y_offset = 4,
                                 .x_scale  = 2,  .y_scale  = 1};
 
    /* Insert the image from the buffer. */
    worksheet_insert_image_buffer(worksheet, CELL("B3"), image_buffer, image_size);
 
    /* Insert the image from the same buffer, with some options. */
    worksheet_insert_image_buffer_opt(worksheet, CELL("B7"), image_buffer, image_size, &options);
 
    workbook_close(workbook);
 
    return 0;
}