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Template placeholders that resolve to image byte[] values (root, nested or
inside collections) are now emitted as embedded images, consistently with
the SaveAs pipeline and reusing ImageHelper, FileDto and ExcelXml.
- Resolve nested scalar paths such as {{Company.Logo}}.
- Stop treating byte[] as an IEnumerable during template resolution.
- Emit media, drawing and relationship parts, and declare the drawing
content type so Excel does not repair the workbook.
- Merge into a pre-existing drawing and worksheet rels instead of
dropping them.
Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
Explain how byte[] template placeholders are rendered as embedded images (root, nested and collections), consistently with SaveAs, and how to opt out via EnableConvertByteArray. Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
Scale template images to the height of the row they are anchored to, preserving their aspect ratio, by reading the natural dimensions from the image header (PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP and TIFF). Rows without an explicit height keep the previous default anchor size. Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
Base the picture id assigned to generated anchors on the highest id already present in the reused drawing instead of on the number of existing anchors, so merged images no longer clash with the template's own pictures.
Two images captured on the same template cell, for example {{Image1}} {{Image2}},
derived the same media part, relationship id and r:embed from their sheet, row and
column coordinates. The second image overwrote the first and the drawing ended up
with duplicate relationship ids, which Excel repairs by dropping the picture.
Give every template image a unique suffix for its derived identifiers. The SaveAs
id scheme is left untouched.
Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
Pending images kept every resolved byte[] alive until the next template run, including values that were never rendered and every image produced by a collection. Transfer ownership of the bytes to the emitted file on first capture, reuse them for repeated captures through a lightweight reference, and drop the per-sheet and per-run bookkeeping as soon as it is no longer needed. Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
Drop the claim that template image support has existed since v2.0.0, and describe the IdSuffix property by its actual purpose: disambiguating generated media and relationship ids when multiple image values share one anchor cell. Refs mini-software#604, mini-software#972.
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughTemplate rendering now embeds recognized PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, and TIFF byte arrays as workbook pictures. The output preserves existing drawings and relationships, supports nested and collection placeholders, and sizes images from row height or a default anchor size. ChangesTemplate image embedding
Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Template as Template expressions
participant OpenXmlTemplate
participant ImageHelper
participant WorkbookPackage as OpenXML workbook package
Template->>OpenXmlTemplate: Provide byte array value
OpenXmlTemplate->>ImageHelper: Detect image format and read dimensions
ImageHelper-->>OpenXmlTemplate: Return dimensions or null
OpenXmlTemplate->>WorkbookPackage: Write media, anchors, and relationships
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Templates that contain comments, that lack the relationships namespace, or whose pictures sit on other sheets can produce workbooks Excel reports as damaged or that show the wrong pictures. A malformed TIFF value can abort rendering. Fix these before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Malformed image data can interrupt a template export, and generated sheets based on a template with existing drawings may contain inconsistent image references. The available information does not establish whether a deployed application accepts image data from untrusted users. Retained concerns
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In `@src/MiniExcel.Core/Helpers/ImageHelper.cs`:
- Around line 166-168: Update the TIFF IFD bounds checks that use ifdOffset and
entryOffset so they validate offsets without addition overflow; return null for
a truncated header and stop scanning when an entry does not fit in the byte
array. Keep the ReadInt32 and ReadUInt16 parsing flow unchanged for valid
offsets.
In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Templates/OpenXmlTemplate.Images.cs`:
- Around line 240-241: Update IsDrawingPrecedingElement to recognize every
worksheet element that must follow drawing: legacyDrawing, legacyDrawingHF,
drawingHF, picture, oleObjects, controls, webPublishItems, tableParts, and
extLst. Preserve its existing behavior while ensuring drawing is inserted before
any of these elements.
- Around line 322-346: Update the drawing creation flow around
EmitNewDrawingAsync to select a part name absent from templateDrawingPaths and
any parts already created, then use that name for the emitted drawing and
worksheet relationship target. Keep the relationship ID keyed to sheetIndex in
EnsureDrawingRelationship and the DefaultSheetRelXml fallback so the worksheet
reference remains valid.
- Around line 244-248: Update WriteDrawingReferenceAsync to declare the
relationships namespace for the r prefix on the emitted drawing element, using
Schemas.SpreadsheetmlXmlRelationships, so r:id is bound even when the worksheet
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| var ifdOffset = ReadInt32(bytes, 4, littleEndian); | ||
| if (ifdOffset < 8 || ifdOffset + 2 > bytes.Length) | ||
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Fix the integer overflow in the TIFF IFD bounds check.
ifdOffset comes straight from the image header. If ifdOffset is close to int.MaxValue, ifdOffset + 2 wraps to a negative value. The ifdOffset + 2 > bytes.Length check then passes. ReadUInt16(bytes, ifdOffset, ...) then throws IndexOutOfRangeException. The same wraparound can happen in ifdOffset + 2 + (i * 12) at Line 176.
GetImageMarker calls GetImageSize for every recognized byte[] value. One crafted TIFF value in the template data therefore aborts the whole FillTemplate call. The contract says the method returns null when the header is truncated, so it should not throw.
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var littleEndian = bytes[0] == 'I';
var ifdOffset = ReadInt32(bytes, 4, littleEndian);
- if (ifdOffset < 8 || ifdOffset + 2 > bytes.Length)
+ if (ifdOffset < 8 || ifdOffset > bytes.Length - 2)
return null;Also bound the entry offset without an overflow:
var entryOffset = ifdOffset + 2 + (i * 12);
if (entryOffset > bytes.Length - 12)
break;Both changes are overflow-safe: once ifdOffset <= bytes.Length - 2, entryOffset stays below bytes.Length + 12 * 65535, which fits in int.
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In `@src/MiniExcel.Core/Helpers/ImageHelper.cs` around lines 166 - 168, Update the
TIFF IFD bounds checks that use ifdOffset and entryOffset so they validate
offsets without addition overflow; return null for a truncated header and stop
scanning when an entry does not fit in the byte array. Keep the ReadInt32 and
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| private static bool IsDrawingPrecedingElement(XElement element) | ||
| => element.Name.LocalName is "tableParts" or "oleObjects" or "controls" or "extLst"; |
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Add every element that must follow drawing to IsDrawingPrecedingElement.
ECMA-376 CT_Worksheet puts these elements after drawing, in this order: legacyDrawing, legacyDrawingHF, drawingHF, picture, oleObjects, controls, webPublishItems, tableParts, extLst. The current list omits legacyDrawing, legacyDrawingHF, drawingHF, picture and webPublishItems.
Excel stores cell comments through legacyDrawing. Take a template sheet that has a comment and an image placeholder. The writer in OpenXmlTemplate.Impl.cs (Lines 511-529) writes legacyDrawing first and then <drawing> after it. That order violates the schema, and Excel reports the file as damaged.
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private static bool IsDrawingPrecedingElement(XElement element)
- => element.Name.LocalName is "tableParts" or "oleObjects" or "controls" or "extLst";
+ => element.Name.LocalName is "legacyDrawing" or "legacyDrawingHF" or "drawingHF" or "picture"
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| private static bool IsDrawingPrecedingElement(XElement element) | |
| => element.Name.LocalName is "tableParts" or "oleObjects" or "controls" or "extLst"; | |
| private static bool IsDrawingPrecedingElement(XElement element) | |
| => element.Name.LocalName is "legacyDrawing" or "legacyDrawingHF" or "drawingHF" or "picture" | |
| or "oleObjects" or "controls" or "webPublishItems" or "tableParts" or "extLst"; |
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Templates/OpenXmlTemplate.Images.cs` around lines 240 -
241, Update IsDrawingPrecedingElement to recognize every worksheet element that
must follow drawing: legacyDrawing, legacyDrawingHF, drawingHF, picture,
oleObjects, controls, webPublishItems, tableParts, and extLst. Preserve its
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| private static async Task WriteDrawingReferenceAsync(XmlWriter writer, string? prefix, int sheetIndex) | ||
| { | ||
| var prefixSeparator = string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? string.Empty : prefix + ":"; | ||
| await writer.WriteRawAsync($"<{prefixSeparator}drawing r:id=\"rDrawing{sheetIndex}\" />").ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| } |
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Declare the r prefix on the emitted <drawing> element.
WriteDrawingReferenceAsync writes the raw attribute r:id="...". If the template worksheet does not bind xmlns:r, the output contains an unbound prefix and Excel cannot load the worksheet.
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var prefixSeparator = string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? string.Empty : prefix + ":";
- await writer.WriteRawAsync($"<{prefixSeparator}drawing r:id=\"rDrawing{sheetIndex}\" />").ConfigureAwait(false);
+ await writer.WriteRawAsync($"<{prefixSeparator}drawing xmlns:r=\"{Schemas.SpreadsheetmlXmlRelationships}\" r:id=\"rDrawing{sheetIndex}\" />").ConfigureAwait(false);📝 Committable suggestion
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| private static async Task WriteDrawingReferenceAsync(XmlWriter writer, string? prefix, int sheetIndex) | |
| { | |
| var prefixSeparator = string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? string.Empty : prefix + ":"; | |
| await writer.WriteRawAsync($"<{prefixSeparator}drawing r:id=\"rDrawing{sheetIndex}\" />").ConfigureAwait(false); | |
| } | |
| private static async Task WriteDrawingReferenceAsync(XmlWriter writer, string? prefix, int sheetIndex) | |
| { | |
| var prefixSeparator = string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix) ? string.Empty : prefix + ":"; | |
| await writer.WriteRawAsync($"<{prefixSeparator}drawing xmlns:r=\"{Schemas.SpreadsheetmlXmlRelationships}\" r:id=\"rDrawing{sheetIndex}\" />").ConfigureAwait(false); | |
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Templates/OpenXmlTemplate.Images.cs` around lines 244 -
248, Update WriteDrawingReferenceAsync to declare the relationships namespace
for the r prefix on the emitted drawing element, using
Schemas.SpreadsheetmlXmlRelationships, so r:id is bound even when the worksheet
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| if (_sheetTemplateDrawings.TryGetValue(sheetIndex, out var templateDrawing)) | ||
| { | ||
| wrappedDrawings.Add(templateDrawing.DrawingPath); | ||
| await MergeIntoExistingDrawingAsync(templateArchive, outputArchive, templateDrawing, files, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| } | ||
| else if (!templateDrawingPaths.Contains(ExcelFileNames.Drawing(sheetIndex))) | ||
| { | ||
| await EmitNewDrawingAsync(outputArchive, sheetIndex, files, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| } | ||
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| // Worksheet relationships: merge the drawing relationship into the template's rels, or | ||
| // create a fresh rels part. Without this the <drawing r:id> would dangle and Excel would | ||
| // repair the workbook by dropping the drawing. | ||
| var sheetRelsPath = ExcelFileNames.SheetRels(sheetIndex); | ||
| if (_sheetTemplateRels.TryGetValue(sheetIndex, out var templateRelsPath)) | ||
| { | ||
| var relsDoc = await LoadXmlAsync(templateArchive, templateRelsPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| EnsureDrawingRelationship(relsDoc, sheetIndex); | ||
| await SaveXmlToZipAsync(outputArchive.ZipFile, sheetRelsPath, relsDoc, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| writtenSheetRels.Add(templateRelsPath); | ||
| } | ||
| else | ||
| { | ||
| await WriteTextEntryAsync(outputArchive.ZipFile, sheetRelsPath, ExcelXml.DefaultSheetRelXml(ExcelXml.DrawingRelationship(sheetIndex)), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false); | ||
| } |
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Use a unique drawing part name when drawing{sheetIndex}.xml already belongs to another template sheet.
Consider a sheet with images and no template drawing, where ExcelFileNames.Drawing(sheetIndex) is already in templateDrawingPaths. The code skips EmitNewDrawingAsync, and the images of this sheet are not written. The code still writes <drawing r:id="rDrawing{sheetIndex}"> into the sheet. It still writes a worksheet relationship to ../drawings/drawing{sheetIndex}.xml. That target is the drawing of another sheet.
This case is realistic. Excel numbers drawing parts in creation order, and this code renumbers output sheets through sheetIdx. Example: in the template, only sheet 2 has a picture, stored in drawing1.xml. Sheet 1 has {{Logo}}. In the output, the logo is lost, and sheet 1 shows sheet 2's pictures.
Choose a drawing file name that is not in templateDrawingPaths and not already created. Pass that name to EmitNewDrawingAsync and to the worksheet relationship. Keep the relationship id rDrawing{sheetIndex}, because the sheet XML references that id.
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var drawingNumber = sheetIndex;
while (templateDrawingPaths.Contains(ExcelFileNames.Drawing(drawingNumber)) ||
_createdDrawingParts.Contains(ExcelFileNames.Drawing(drawingNumber)))
drawingNumber++;
await EmitNewDrawingAsync(outputArchive, drawingNumber, files, cancellationToken);
// relationship: Id="rDrawing{sheetIndex}" Target="../drawings/drawing{drawingNumber}.xml"EnsureDrawingRelationship and the fallback DefaultSheetRelXml(...) call then need a variant of DrawingRelationship that takes both the id number and the target number.
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Templates/OpenXmlTemplate.Images.cs` around lines 322 -
346, Update the drawing creation flow around EmitNewDrawingAsync to select a
part name absent from templateDrawingPaths and any parts already created, then
use that name for the emitted drawing and worksheet relationship target. Keep
the relationship ID keyed to sheetIndex in EnsureDrawingRelationship and the
DefaultSheetRelXml fallback so the worksheet reference remains valid.
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Summary
Template placeholders that resolve to a
byte[]containing a recognised image are now inserted as pictures anchored to their template cells. This brings the template pipeline in line with the existingSaveAsbehaviour, while keeping datasources independent of MiniExcel-specific image types.Related issues
Motivation
SaveAsalready detects image bytes and emits pictures, but the template pipeline previously treatedbyte[]values as regular values. This meant the same datasource could produce different output depending on which API was used.Usage
Nested paths are supported:
Collection placeholders are also supported. Each generated row gets its corresponding image:
Behaviour
byte[]that is not a recognised image keeps the previous value behaviour.EnableConvertByteArray = falseopts out of byte-array image conversion and preserves regularbyte[]value handling.Example:
Compatibility
SaveAsoutput.byte[]value behaviour is preserved for non-image byte arrays.EnableConvertByteArraysemantics are preserved.Implementation
ImageHelper.GetImageSize, a header-only image dimension decoder inMiniExcel.Core(new public API, alongside the existingGetImageFormat).Tests
Coverage includes:
EnableConvertByteArray = false;The full
MiniExcel.OpenXml.Testssuite passes on:Known limitations
Pre-existing static pictures in the template are not shifted when a collection expands rows above them. For images that should follow generated collection rows, use an image placeholder in the corresponding template row.
Documentation
README_V2.mdnow documents template image support, supported formats, row-height sizing and theEnableConvertByteArrayopt-out.Summary by CodeRabbit
EnableConvertByteArray.