asp.net - Generate Powerpoint file on the fly

Question

I have a client of my web based application who heavily uses the data from our system for powerpoint presentations.

We currently allow data to export in more traditional

Answer 1

In this article, Steve suggests using Aspose's Slide application.

He also explains step by step on how to generate the PowerPoint file.

Here are some code excerpts (in VB):

Opening an existing PowerPoint file:

 Dim fs As  System.IO.FileStream = _

   New System.IO.FileStream("c:\mypath\myfile.ppt", _

   System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read)

Dim MyPres As Presentation = New Presentation(fs)

fs.Close() 

Looping the slides and outputting their template formats:

Dim slides  As Slides = MyPres.Slides

For i As Integer = 0 To slides.Count - 1

   Response.Write(MyPres.Slides(i).Layout.ToString + "
")

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In his article, he describes more in detail on how to do it.