Export Images

Location on ribbon: Tab DVD Addin → Group File and Print → Menu File Tools

Command ID: btnExportImages

What it does

Pulls every image embedded inside an Excel file out to disk as separate image files, without opening the workbook and copying pictures one by one.

Useful when a subcontractor hands over a site diary or an inspection record with hundreds of pasted site photos and you need the original images back — for the project archive, for a photo album, or to re-insert into your own template.

How to use

1. Close the source workbook if it is open — the command refuses to run against a file that Excel currently holds open.
2. Go to tab DVD Addin → group File and Print → menu File Tools → click Export Images.
3. The "Pick xlsx file" dialog opens, filtered to *.xlsx; *.xlsm; *.xlam; *.xlsb → choose a file → OK.
4. The command creates a folder named media <filename> next to the source file and extracts all embedded images into it.
5. A message reports how many images were exported and asks "Open the image folder?" → click Yes to open it in Windows Explorer.

Example

A subcontractor sends SiteDiary_May.xlsx containing 240 pasted site photos.

Run the command against that file → a folder media SiteDiary_May appears beside it, holding 240 files named image1.jpeg, image2.png and so on at their original resolution. Follow up with Resize Images to shrink them before assembling the as-built photo album.

Notes

• The source file must be closed; if it is open in Excel the command asks you to close the workbook and try again.
• Only .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlam and .xlsb are supported; the legacy .xls format cannot be read.
• Images come out exactly as they were embedded, not at the size shown on the sheet — they are often much larger.
• Exported names are Excel's internal names (image1, image2, …), not the original file names used when inserting; numbering follows the storage order inside the workbook.
• If the workbook contains no images, the command says so and deletes the empty folder it just created.
• The source file is only read, never modified.

Related

• Resize Images — shrink the exported batch in one pass.
• Insert Pictures — put the images back into your own template.
• Insert Picture By Name — match images to the right rows by file name.
• Unprotect Sheet — same approach of working on an external workbook without opening it.