How to embed images in to xml file?

chandrusofts

Hi friends, I am newbie to xml, i am writing xml file using xmlTextWriter Class of System.Xml namespace. i am able to write the contents in to an xml file but the problem here is that i want to embed images in to xml file. right now i am using <img src="path"/> but this will give u the link but i want to embed images directly in to xml file Please share ur ideas Thanks in advance

Ghydo

You can Base64 encode the image and put the encoded string between the tags:

Encoded string

Be aware that Base64 encoding causes an increment of the file size of about 33%, so you should only embed small images inside the XML.

ammaippan

hi me too having the same problem and tried converting the image to base64. But still the image didn't displayed in the final Output. I want display an image in xml Spreadsheet.any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Ghydo

What is your problem? What language are you using? In C# it's simple to convert a byte[] to a base64 string:

string result = System.Convert.ToBase64String(source);

Then you can assign the string to the InnerText property of your XmlElement.

ammaippan

Actually i want to display an image in XML spreadsheet. Will this work in XML spreadsheet?

Ghydo

Are you trying to insert images into an Excel (XML Spreadsheet) file? I don't know how to do it, try to look at the documentation[^].