topic Convert a stdole.IPicture to an System.Drawing.Image? in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/convert-a-stdole-ipicture-to-an-system-drawing/m-p/148224#M3857 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I would like to display the thumbnails from saved .mxd documents in an image viewer.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is I don't know how to convert from the IMxDocument.Thumbnail (an stdole.IPicture) to an image type that .NET understands.&nbsp; Also, the installation documentation says that the Microsoft stdole.dll PIA is installed with .NET for ArcGIS Desktop and I cannot find this dll.&nbsp; Does anyone know where this dll is and how to do the conversion?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm working in version 9.3.1.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for your help.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mary</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:55:08 GMT MarySage 2012-01-25T23:55:08Z Convert a stdole.IPicture to an System.Drawing.Image? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/convert-a-stdole-ipicture-to-an-system-drawing/m-p/148224#M3857 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I would like to display the thumbnails from saved .mxd documents in an image viewer.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is I don't know how to convert from the IMxDocument.Thumbnail (an stdole.IPicture) to an image type that .NET understands.&nbsp; Also, the installation documentation says that the Microsoft stdole.dll PIA is installed with .NET for ArcGIS Desktop and I cannot find this dll.&nbsp; Does anyone know where this dll is and how to do the conversion?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm working in version 9.3.1.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for your help.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Mary</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:55:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/convert-a-stdole-ipicture-to-an-system-drawing/m-p/148224#M3857 MarySage 2012-01-25T23:55:08Z