use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);

   open(FILE, $ARGV[0]) or die "$!";
   open(OUTPUTFILE, ">newimg.jpg") or die $!;
   binmode FILE;
   binmode OUTPUTFILE;

   while (read(FILE, $buf, 60*57)) {
       print OUTPUTFILE encode_base64($buf);
   }

   close(FILE);
   close(OUTPUTFILE);

[download]
Nope, it works. I manually added a JPG to a Word 2007 document, saved it as an XML, ran the code against a different (similarly sized image), removed the base64 Word added for the image and replaced it with what the code created (I replaced the text with Windows eMacs mind you), saved it, and reopened it in Word. The image I replaced it with looked fine. Now, when I tried this with an image that was much wider than the original Word tried to force the image to fit in the original dimensions. This may be what you are experiencing, but that doesn't have anything to do with Perl or base64, it has to do with the XML tags that Word is using to place and format the image.

Celebrate Intellectual Diversity

In reply to Re: Word 2007 XML format and perl by InfiniteSilence
in thread Word 2007 XML format and perl by perlpreben

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.