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Image in Excel XML file with XSLT transformations

I understand that we can not export image / shapes/ vba, etc. when we save an Excel spreadsheet as XML. I am creating a spreadsheet via a web process (it doesn't matter which). I gather the data and apply an XSLT template to the data and deliver it in the response buffer (after setting the content type too). This all works great - i have found a ton of examples on how to do this ASP, .Net - etc.

But how, there has to be a way, do I insert an image (logo) at the top of the spreadsheet report during this transformation?

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Here is the Peice of code taken from MS Knowledge base:
Private Sub SendResults(ByVal context As HttpContext, ByVal ds As DataSet)
'Set up the response for Excel.
context.Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
context.Response.Charset = ""

'Transform the DataSet XML using transform.xslt
'and return the results to the client in Response.Outputstream.
Dim tw As XmlTextWriter
Dim xmlDoc As XmlDataDocument = New XmlDataDocument(ds)
Dim xslTran As XslTransform = New XslTransform
xslTran.Load(context.Server.MapPath("transform.xslt"))
xslTran.Transform(xmlDoc, Nothing, context.Response.OutputStream)
context.Response.End()
End Sub

So no - this is not a HTML Spreadsheet and i can not use the Excel Com Object either. I will accept your anwer that it can not be done this way. I was hoping not to have to build an HTML spreadsheet. But the graphic is that important.