how to extract images from word document with same quality and size ?

I have been told that there is a way to improve bitmap quality by using windows metafile format and raw bits directly from word.
I'll play with this and if indeed successful, I'll post the solution here (thus answering my own question)

cheers

indeed they were right those who suggested metafile!

It works perfectly and the images taken from the word document are as good as when they are in the doc!

Here is the code fI come up with:
Private Sub ExtractImage()
        Dim iNO As Integer = 1
        Dim vData() As Byte
        Dim NewGraphic As Graphics = Nothing

        For Each i As Word.InlineShape In mWordDocument.InlineShapes
            vData = i.Range.EnhMetaFileBits
            Using mem As New IO.MemoryStream(vData)
                Using mf As New Imaging.Metafile(mem)
                    If mf.Width > MINIMUM_BITMAP_WIDTH Then
                        Using bmp As New Bitmap(mf.Width, mf.Height)
                            NewGraphic = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
                            NewGraphic.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(Color.White), 0, 0, mf.Width, mf.Height)
                            NewGraphic.InterpolationMode = Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic
                            NewGraphic.SmoothingMode = Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality
                            NewGraphic.PixelOffsetMode = Drawing2D.PixelOffsetMode.HighQuality
                            NewGraphic.CompositingQuality = Drawing2D.CompositingQuality.HighQuality
                            NewGraphic.TextRenderingHint = Drawing.Text.TextRenderingHint.AntiAliasGridFit

                            NewGraphic.DrawImage(mf, 0, 0, mf.Width, mf.Height)
#If DEBUG Then
                            bmp.Save(String.Format("d:\temp\x1_{0}.jpg", iNO.ToString("000")), Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)
#End If
                            mMapNoImage.Add(iNO, bmp)
                            iNO += 1

                            NewGraphic.Dispose()
                        End Using
                    End If
                End Using
            End Using
        Next
    End Sub

strangely, with this method I get sometimes just hals of the picture!
The quality is excellent but sometimes part of the picture is exported in the metafile...

Why ????? I have yet to figure out!

Any one here have any idea why this method does not get all the image ???


thanks for any hints

cheers

very weird!,,,
the document  is landscape  legal and some of the biases are cut while others are perfect!

still working  on  figuring  out  what  is going  on  with  this Metafile  extraction... any help welcomed....