Can the Image path for the AddImage method in MigraDoc be used for the Visual Studio project subfolders? - pdf

Question

The following example shows a very simple construction for creating a PDF with MigraDoc. The most parts of it are taken from the examples provided in the MigraDoc - Wiki documentation.
I have commented all the most few steps for the job. The path for the "AddImage" points to the subfolder "Images" which is a subfolder of the folder "Resources" created in the root of the console application of a Visual Studio (VS) project.
The most recent MigraDoc library is added to the VS - project via "NuGet" just yesterday.
The application creates the PDF output file unfortunately without the provided image file, if it is used in another machine. Because the execution file has then no access to the subfolders created in VS project.
Is there any solution to this problem?
public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create a MigraDoc document
var document = new Document();
// Add a section the document
var section = document.AddSection();
// .....
/*
------------------------------- NOTE -------------------------------
The path "../../Resources/Images/MigraDoc.png" is valid only for the developer machine!
A copy of the content of the "Debug" or "Release" folder any where else does not show the image in the output PDF.
Because such a copy has no access to the subfolder "/Resources/Images" of the Visual Studio project on the developer machine.
*/
section.Headers.Primary.AddImage("../../Resources/Images/MigraDoc.png");
// Create a renderer for PDF that uses Unicode font encoding.
var pdfRenderer = new PdfDocumentRenderer(true);
// Set the MigraDoc document.
pdfRenderer.Document = document;
// Create the PDF document.
pdfRenderer.RenderDocument();
// Save the PDF document...
var filename = "Invoice.pdf";
// Create the output directory
Directory.CreateDirectory("PDF");
// Create the ouptput file path
var savePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\PDF\\" + filename;
// Delete the output file if it already exists
if (File.Exists(savePath))
File.Delete(savePath);
// Save the output file
pdfRenderer.Save(savePath);
// Start a the default PDF viewer from the operation system
Process.Start(savePath);
}
}

Answer 1

A path beginning with ..\..\ relies on the current directory. For a portable solution, include the images you need in your deployment.
Recommended usage: The MigraDoc Document class has an ImagePath property. If your installation folder has an Images folder, just locate your .EXE file and set the ImagePath property accordingly.