| title | Create and edit PowerPoint files in WPF | Syncfusion |
|---|---|
| description | WPF PowerPoint library to create, read, edit and convert PowerPoint files in WPF applications. Supports text, shape, chart, table and combine PowerPoints. |
| platform | document-processing |
| control | PowerPoint |
| documentation | ug |
You can create or edit a PowerPoint file in WPF with Syncfusion® PowerPoint library. The below are the steps.
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{% tabcontent Visual Studio %}
Prerequisites:
- Visual Studio 2022.
- Install .NET desktop development workload with necessary .NET Framework SDK.
Step 1: Create a new C# WPF application project.
Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.Presentation.Wpf NuGet package as reference to your .NET Standard applications from NuGet.org.
N> Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add "Syncfusion.Licensing" assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion® license key in your application to use our components.
Step 3: After installing the Syncfusion.Presentation.Wpf nuget package, the following assemblies were included in our project.
- Syncfusion.Compression.Base
- Syncfusion.Licensing
- Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
- Syncfusion.Presentation.Base
- Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
- Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.Base
Step 4: Add a new button in the MainWindow.xaml as shown below.
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Step 5: Include the following namespaces in the MainWindow.xaml.cs file.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} using Syncfusion.Presentation; using System.IO; {% endhighlight %}
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Step 6: Include the below code snippet in the click event of the button in MainWindow.xaml.cs, to create a PowerPoint file and save the PowerPoint document as a physical file.
Create Presentation instance:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Create a new instance of PowerPoint Presentation file IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Create(); {% endhighlight %}
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Add a new slide
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add a new slide to file and apply background color ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.TitleOnly); {% endhighlight %}
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Apply Background
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Specify the fill type and fill color for the slide background slide.Background.Fill.FillType = FillType.Solid; slide.Background.Fill.SolidFill.Color = ColorObject.FromArgb(232, 241, 229); {% endhighlight %}
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Add title content:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add title content to the slide by accessing the title placeholder of the TitleOnly layout-slide IShape titleShape = slide.Shapes[0] as IShape; titleShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Company History").HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center; {% endhighlight %}
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Add description content:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add description content to the slide by adding a new TextBox IShape descriptionShape = slide.AddTextBox(53.22, 141.73, 874.19, 77.70); descriptionShape.TextBody.Text = "IMN Solutions PVT LTD is the software company, established in 1987, by George Milton. The company has been listed as the trusted partner for many high-profile organizations since 1988 and got awards for quality products from reputed organizations."; {% endhighlight %}
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Add bullet points:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add bullet points to the slide IShape bulletPointsShape = slide.AddTextBox(53.22, 270, 437.90, 116.32); //Add a paragraph for a bullet point IParagraph firstPara = bulletPointsShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("The company acquired the MCY corporation for 20 billion dollars and became the top revenue maker for the year 2015."); //Format how the bullets should be displayed firstPara.ListFormat.Type = ListType.Bulleted; firstPara.LeftIndent = 35; firstPara.FirstLineIndent = -35; // Add another paragraph for the next bullet point IParagraph secondPara = bulletPointsShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("The company is participating in top open source projects in automation industry."); //Format how the bullets should be displayed secondPara.ListFormat.Type = ListType.Bulleted; secondPara.LeftIndent = 35; secondPara.FirstLineIndent = -35; {% endhighlight %}
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Add an image:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Gets a picture as stream. Stream pictureStream = File.Open("Image.png", FileMode.Open); //Adds the picture to a slide by specifying its size and position. slide.Shapes.AddPicture(pictureStream, 499.79, 238.59, 364.54, 192.16); {% endhighlight %}
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You can download the image used in the sample from here.
Add a shape:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add an auto-shape to the slide IShape stampShape = slide.Shapes.AddShape(AutoShapeType.Explosion1, 48.93, 430.71, 104.13, 80.54); //Format the auto-shape color by setting the fill type and text stampShape.Fill.FillType = FillType.None; stampShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("IMN").HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center; {% endhighlight %}
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Save and close the presentation:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Save the PowerPoint Presentation pptxDoc.Save("Sample.pptx"); //Close the PowerPoint presentation pptxDoc.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
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Step 7: Build the project.
Click on Build → Build Solution or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.
Step 8: Run the project.
Click the Start button (green arrow) or press F5 to run the app.
You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
The output of the above code example will generate the below PowerPoint slide.
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{% tabcontent JetBrains Rider %}
Prerequisites:
- JetBrains Rider.
- Install .NET Framework Developer Pack.
Step 1. Open JetBrains Rider and create a new WPF application project.
- Launch JetBrains Rider.
- Click New Solution on the welcome screen.
- In the New Solution dialog, select Project Type as Desktop.
- Enter a project name and specify the location.
- Select the target framework as Full Framework and choose the desired version.
- Select Template as WPF Application.
- Click create.
Step 2: Install the NuGet package from NuGet.org.
- Click the NuGet icon in the Rider toolbar and type Syncfusion.Presentation.Wpf in the search bar.
- Ensure that nuget.org is selected as the package source.
- Select the latest Syncfusion.Presentation.Wpf NuGet package from the list.
- Click the + (Add) button to add the package.
- Click the Install button to complete the installation.
N> Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add "Syncfusion.Licensing" assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use our components.
Step 3: After installing the Syncfusion.Presentation.Wpf nuget package, the following assemblies were included in our project.
- Syncfusion.Compression.Base
- Syncfusion.Licensing
- Syncfusion.OfficeChart.Base
- Syncfusion.Presentation.Base
- Syncfusion.Pdf.Base
- Syncfusion.PresentationToPdfConverter.Base
Step 4: Add a new button in the MainWindow.xaml as shown below.
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %}
{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Step 5: Include the following namespaces in the MainWindow.xaml.cs file.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} using Syncfusion.Presentation; using System.IO; {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Step 6: Include the below code snippet in the click event of the button in MainWindow.xaml.cs, to create a PowerPoint file and save the PowerPoint document as a physical file.
Create Presentation instance:
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Create a new instance of PowerPoint Presentation file IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Create(); {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Add a new slide
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add a new slide to file and apply background color ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.TitleOnly); {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Apply Background
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Specify the fill type and fill color for the slide background slide.Background.Fill.FillType = FillType.Solid; slide.Background.Fill.SolidFill.Color = ColorObject.FromArgb(232, 241, 229); {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Add title content:
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add title content to the slide by accessing the title placeholder of the TitleOnly layout-slide IShape titleShape = slide.Shapes[0] as IShape; titleShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Company History").HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center; {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Add description content:
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add description content to the slide by adding a new TextBox IShape descriptionShape = slide.AddTextBox(53.22, 141.73, 874.19, 77.70); descriptionShape.TextBody.Text = "IMN Solutions PVT LTD is the software company, established in 1987, by George Milton. The company has been listed as the trusted partner for many high-profile organizations since 1988 and got awards for quality products from reputed organizations."; {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Add bullet points:
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add bullet points to the slide IShape bulletPointsShape = slide.AddTextBox(53.22, 270, 437.90, 116.32); //Add a paragraph for a bullet point IParagraph firstPara = bulletPointsShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("The company acquired the MCY corporation for 20 billion dollars and became the top revenue maker for the year 2015."); //Format how the bullets should be displayed firstPara.ListFormat.Type = ListType.Bulleted; firstPara.LeftIndent = 35; firstPara.FirstLineIndent = -35; // Add another paragraph for the next bullet point IParagraph secondPara = bulletPointsShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("The company is participating in top open source projects in automation industry."); //Format how the bullets should be displayed secondPara.ListFormat.Type = ListType.Bulleted; secondPara.LeftIndent = 35; secondPara.FirstLineIndent = -35; {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Add an image:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Gets a picture as stream. Stream pictureStream = File.Open("Image.png", FileMode.Open); //Adds the picture to a slide by specifying its size and position. slide.Shapes.AddPicture(pictureStream, 499.79, 238.59, 364.54, 192.16); {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
You can download the image used in the sample from here.
Add a shape:
{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Add an auto-shape to the slide IShape stampShape = slide.Shapes.AddShape(AutoShapeType.Explosion1, 48.93, 430.71, 104.13, 80.54); //Format the auto-shape color by setting the fill type and text stampShape.Fill.FillType = FillType.None; stampShape.TextBody.AddParagraph("IMN").HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignmentType.Center; {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Save and close the presentation:
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Save the PowerPoint Presentation pptxDoc.Save("Sample.pptx"); //Close the PowerPoint presentation pptxDoc.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
Step 7: Build the project.
Click the Build button in the toolbar or press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project.
Step 8: Run the project.
Click the Run button (green arrow) in the toolbar or press F5 to run the app.
You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
The output of the above code example will generate the below PowerPoint slide.
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You can edit an existing PowerPoint file using this library. The below code snippet demonstrates accessing a shape from a slide and changing the text within it.
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{% highlight c# tabtitle="C#" %} //Opens an existing PowerPoint presentation. IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Open("Sample.pptx"); //Gets the first slide from the PowerPoint presentation ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides[0]; //Gets the first shape of the slide IShape shape = slide.Shapes[0] as IShape; //Change the text of the shape if(shape.TextBody.Text == "Company History") shape.TextBody.Text = "Company Profile"; //Saves the Presentation to the file system. pptxDoc.Save("Output.pptx"); //Close the PowerPoint presentation pptxDoc.Close(); {% endhighlight %}
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You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion® PowerPoint Library (Presentation) features.
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