How to import .cdr file in winform

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I am creating a Windows application using c# in which i need to import .cdr file created in coral draw.

please some tell me how to achieve it as soon as possible.

thanks

Posted 26-Jan-14 22:47pm

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 1 · 2014-01-26T23:04:00

Solution 1

CoralDraw (cdr) file format is proprietary and not public - so it not likely you can read it as a CoralDraw file, but binary only...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CorelDRAW#CDR_file_format[^]

Posted 26-Jan-14 23:04pm

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 2 · 2014-01-26T23:06:00

If you are looking to distribute the application onto a machine that does not have a licensed copy of Corel Draw in place, then you are going to have to write your own parser to transform the binary format into a bitmap format that your application can use. This is not a trivial task. An alternative would be to use an image converter service such as this[^] to convert the image.

If the machine has Corel Draw installed, you can use the Corel Draw Type Library and Vector Graphics Core Type Library to manipulate the image. This is available through the COM tab in Add References.

CPallini · Answer 3 · 2014-01-26T23:13:00

Solution 3

At Stack Overflow, you may find, as a workaround, how to convert CDR files: "Convert cdr (Corel Draw) using .net"[^].

Posted 26-Jan-14 23:13pm

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Pete O'Hanlon 27-Jan-14 5:16am

This only works if the machine that the application ends up on has Corel Draw installed.

CPallini 27-Jan-14 5:24am

Yes.