Convert Visio to PNG via C#

Export Visio to PNG format on .NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono Platforms.

How to Convert Visio to PNG Using C#

In order to convert Visio to PNG, we will use Aspose.Diagram for .NET API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.Diagram and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Diagram

Steps to Convert Visio to PNG via C#

.NET developers can easily load & convert Visio files to PNG in just a few lines of code.

Load Visio file with an instance of Diagram
Call the Diagram.Save method
Pass output path with PNG extension as parameter
Check specified path for resultant PNG file

System Requirements

Before running the .NET conversion example code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET, .NET Core, Mono Platforms..
Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
Add reference to the Aspose.Diagram for .NET DLL in your project.

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A Diagram Management Library specially designed to work with Microsoft Visio files. It allows developers to create, manipulate & convert native Visio formats. Developers can create diagrams from scratch as well as easily load existing files and manipulate the elements of the diagram to export the result in other formats.

VSDX What is VSDX File Format?

Files with .VSDX extension represent Microsoft Visio file format introduced from Microsoft Office 2013 onwards. It was developed to replace the binary file format, .VSD, which is supported by earlier versions of Microsoft Visio. It is also supported on Visio Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 and does not require an intermediary file format for publishing to SharePoint Server. Visio files are used to create drawings that contain visual objects, flow charts, UML diagram, information flow, organizational charts, software diagrams, network layout, database models, objects mapping and other similar information. Files generated using Visio can also be exported to different file formats such as PNG, BMP, PNG and others.

png What is png File Format?

PNG, Portable Network Graphics, refers to a type of raster image file format that use loseless compression. This file format was created as a replacement of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and has no copyright limitations. However, PNG file format does not support animations. PNG file format supports loseless image compression that makes it popular among its users. With the passage of time, PNG has evolved as one of the mostly used image file format. Almost all Operating Systems have support for opening PNG files. For example, Microsoft Windows viewer has the capability to open PNG files as the OS has by default the support available as part of installation.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert Visio into many other file formats including few listed below.

Visio TO BMP (Bitmap Image)

Visio TO EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)

Visio TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

Visio TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

Visio TO SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)