How to insert a picture into Excel at a specified cell position with VBA

Looking at posted answers I think this code would be also an alternative for someone. Nobody above used .Shapes.AddPicture in their code, only .Pictures.Insert()

Dim myPic As Object
Dim picpath As String

picpath = "C:\Users\photo.jpg" 'example photo path

Set myPic = ws.Shapes.AddPicture(picpath, False, True, 20, 20, -1, -1)

With myPic
    .Width = 25
    .Height = 25
    .Top = xlApp.Cells(i, 20).Top 'according to variables from correct answer
    .Left = xlApp.Cells(i, 20).Left
    .LockAspectRatio = msoFalse
End With

I'm working in Excel 2013. Also realized that You need to fill all the parameters in .AddPicture, because of error "Argument not optional". Looking at this You may ask why I set Height and Width as -1, but that doesn't matter cause of those parameters are set underneath between With brackets.

Hope it may be also useful for someone :)

I have been working on a system that ran on a PC and Mac and was battling to find code that worked for inserting pictures on both PC and Mac. This worked for me so hopefully someone else can make use of it!

Note: the strPictureFilePath and strPictureFileName variables need to be set to valid PC and Mac paths Eg

For PC: strPictureFilePath = "E:\Dropbox\" and strPictureFileName = "TestImage.jpg" and with Mac: strPictureFilePath = "Macintosh HD:Dropbox:" and strPictureFileName = "TestImage.jpg"

Code as Follows:

    On Error GoTo ErrorOccured

    shtRecipeBrowser.Cells(intDestinationRecipeRowCount, 1).Select

    ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Trim(strPictureFilePath & strPictureFileName)).Select

    Selection.ShapeRange.Left = shtRecipeBrowser.Cells(intDestinationRecipeRowCount, 1).Left
    Selection.ShapeRange.Top = shtRecipeBrowser.Cells(intDestinationRecipeRowCount, 1).Top + 10
    Selection.ShapeRange.LockAspectRatio = msoTrue
    Selection.ShapeRange.Height = 130

If it's simply about inserting and resizing a picture, try the code below.

For the specific question you asked, the property TopLeftCell returns the range object related to the cell where the top left corner is parked. To place a new image at a specific place, I recommend creating an image at the "right" place and registering its top and left properties values of the dummy onto double variables.

Insert your Pic assigned to a variable to easily change its name. The Shape Object will have that same name as the Picture Object.

Sub Insert_Pic_From_File(PicPath as string, wsDestination as worksheet)
    Dim Pic As Picture, Shp as Shape
    Set Pic = wsDestination.Pictures.Insert(FilePath)
    Pic.Name = "myPicture"
    'Strongly recommend using a FileSystemObject.FileExists method to check if the path is good before executing the previous command
    Set Shp = wsDestination.Shapes("myPicture")
    With Shp
        .Height = 100
        .Width = 75
        .LockAspectRatio = msoTrue  'Put this later so that changing height doesn't change width and vice-versa)
        .Placement = 1
        .Top = 100
        .Left = 100
    End with
End Sub

Good luck!

Try this:

With xlApp.ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(PicPath)
    With .ShapeRange
        .LockAspectRatio = msoTrue
        .Width = 75
        .Height = 100
    End With
    .Left = xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(i, 20).Left
    .Top = xlApp.ActiveSheet.Cells(i, 20).Top
    .Placement = 1
    .PrintObject = True
End With

It's better not to .select anything in Excel, it is usually never necessary and slows down your code.