Can I programmatically export class diagrams from Visual Studio 2008?

Question

I can export a class diagram as an image from Visual Studio by right-clicking on the surface and choosing "Export Diagram as Image..."

Is there a way to do this through command line? I'd like to be able to generate all of my class diagrams as images so I can include it in the .chm I am building w/ Sandcastle.

Answer 1

Found it after a full day of searching. In case anyone ever comes across this again:

Two ways to do this:

1. Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Diagrams.Diagram.CreateBitmap() lets you pass in a collection of shapes and export them as a bitmap
2. Microsoft.VisualStudio.EnterpriseTools.Shell.DiagramExporter is slightly more complicated, but lets you create your own implementation of IServiceProvider, then you can choose locations, file formats, etc.

Slightly more information is available in this MS forum.