How to programmatically insert and export an image with the SDK?

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Dear All 
 I would like to update an existing sdltb file with the sdl sdk. Has anyone experience regarding this matter. 
 
 Best 
 Marco

Gerhard Kordmann · Accepted Answer

Hi Marco Holzer , images are accessed per entry. Exporting them is very easy, importing a bit more complex: add the image itself to the termbase storage, and then add a field linking to it to the entry. Code is clearer than explanations, so here we go. This assumes your termbase has a multimedia field called "imageField" at the entry level, and you want to edit the entry with id 3 Sdl.MultiTerm.TMO.Interop.Application _mt; TermbaseRepository _tr; Termbase _tb; public void runTests() { int entryId = 3; Init(@"E:\_temp\media.sdltb"); AddImageSample(entryId, "imageField", @"E:\_temp\p3.jpg"); ExtractImageSample(entryId, @"E:\_temp", "mediaexport"); Exit(); } private void Init(string termbasePath) { _mt = new Sdl.MultiTerm.TMO.Interop.Application(); _tr = _mt.LocalRepository; _tr.Connect("", ""); _tr.Termbases.Add(termbasePath, "", ""); _tb = _tr.Termbases[termbasePath]; } private void Exit() { _tb.Close(); _tr.Disconnect(); } private void ExtractImageSample(int entryId, string targetFolder, string subfolderLabel) { Entry en = _tb.Entries.Item(entryId); en.ApplyExportWithMultimedia(_tb.ExportDefinitions["Default export definition"], "", "", targetFolder, subfolderLabel); // or alternatively, to system temp folder en.ExtractMultimediaToTemp(); } private void AddImageSample(int entryId, string fieldName, string imagePath) { int mediaId = StoreImage(entryId, imagePath); Entry en = _tb.Entries.Item(entryId); EntryContent ec = en.Content; ec.Content = AddImageToEntryField(ec.Content, fieldName, mediaId.ToString(), imagePath); en.LockEntry(MtLockingState.mtLock); ec.Update(); en.LockEntry(MtLockingState.mtUnlock); } private string AddImageToEntryField(string entryContent, string fieldName, string mediaId, string path) { XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.LoadXml(entryContent); XmlNode conceptGrpNode = doc.SelectSingleNode("conceptGrp"); XmlNode descripGrpNode = doc.CreateElement("descripGrp"); conceptGrpNode.AppendChild(descripGrpNode); XmlAttribute attr = doc.CreateAttribute("multimedia"); attr.Value = mediaId.ToString(); descripGrpNode.Attributes.Append(attr); XmlNode descripNode = doc.CreateElement("descrip"); descripGrpNode.AppendChild(descripNode); attr = doc.CreateAttribute("type"); attr.Value = fieldName; descripNode.Attributes.Append(attr); descripNode.InnerText = Path.GetFileName(path); return conceptGrpNode.OuterXml; } private int StoreImage(int entryId, string path) { byte[] bytes; using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))) { FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(path); bytes = br.ReadBytes((int)fi.Length); } string blob = "" + Convert.ToBase64String(bytes) + ""; return _tb.AddBLOB(entryId, Path.GetFileName(path), blob); }

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