How do I export a DBML diagram from Visual Studio into an image?

Question

I have a very pretty DBML diagram that I would like to preserve in our Design Documents. How do I get an image showing all of the tables in one go?

I found http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1686767/how-to-export-visual-studio-2010-uml-modeling-diagrams but the slightly elegant solution of copying all the items and pasting them into an image editor doesn't work in this case.

Am I stuck with Print Screen and manually stitching the images together?

Answer 1

Have you considered printing the .dbml to a PDF document?

That might alleviate some concerns around stitching your own print-screens together yourself. If you specify the page size as 'big as you can' in the print dialog, you could avoid the multi-page problems.

This of course wouldn't generate an image, but you could then use/view this document to create a proper digital image as you see fit.

Answer 2

You could print to the Microsoft Document Image Writer. That'll create a TIFF for you.

For those unaware, it's a virtual printer included in Microsoft Office Professional allowing documents to be saved in TIFF.