Change background of VDX File for Python
Change background of Microsoft Visio VDX files in browser without requiring Visio application or Office Automation.
Aspose.Diagram for Python
Overview
How to Change background of VDX File Using Python
In order to change background of VDX file, we’ll use
API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Python platform. You can download its latest version directly from
Steps to Change background of VDX via Python
Aspose.Diagram makes it easy for the developers to change background of VDX file with just few lines of code.
- Load VDX file with an instance of Diagram class
- Add a new page to diagram as background page
- Insert an image to the background page
- Set background page to the first page of diagram
- Call the Diagram.Save method
System Requirements
Aspose.Diagram for Python is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.
Aspose.Diagram for Python is platform-independent API and can be used on any platform (Windows, Linux and MacOS), just make sure that system have Java 1.8 or higher, Python 3.5 or higher.
Python code to change background of VDX
diagram = new Diagram(dataDir+"Drawing1.vdx");
SrcPage = diagram.getPages().get(0)
backgroundPage = Page();
backgroundPage.setName("Back page");
id = newDiagram.getPages().add(backgroundPage);
backgroundPage.setID ( id);
backgroundPage.setBackground( BOOL.TRUE);
backgroundPage.addShape(1, 1, 1, 1, java.io.FileInputStream("image.png"));
SrcPage.setBackPage(backgroundPage);
About Aspose.Diagram for .NET API
Aspose.Diagram is a Microsoft Visio document format manipulation API. One can easily load, create, modify, manipulate including daigram elements and convert Visio diagrams to other formats such as PDF, XPS, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, SVG, EMF and more. It is a standalone API and does not require Microsoft Visio or any other software to be installed.VDX What is VDX File Format?
Any drawing or chart created in Microsoft Visio, but saved in XML format have .VDX extension. A Visio drawing XML file is created in Visio software, which is developed by Microsoft. Microsoft Visio has the capability to generate visual documents that can be used in presentations and documents. The Visio drawing XML file contains the visual objects and metadata details of the visual elements. Text can also be added to these visual elements Vision drawing XML file. These Visio drawing XML files are integrated with XML-based formatting standards and image data encoding specifications that allow its content to be rendered and stored by the Microsoft Visio software in the VDX file format.
Read MoreOther Supported Change Background of Formats
Using Python, One can also change background of many other file formats including.