SlideDotNet: A C# repository from DrZakaria

SlideDotNet is a fluent wrapper around Open XML SDK for the processing of PowerPoint files without Microsoft Office installed. It aims to provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface to dealing with the underlying Open XML SDK API.

Getting Started

You can quickly start work with the library by following steps listed below.

Prerequisites

.NET Core 2.2 or above

Installing

To install SlideDotNet, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package SlideDotNet

Usage

// opens presentation from the file path
using var presentation = new PresentationEx(@"c:\test.pptx");

// gets the slides collection
var slides = presentation.Slides; 

// gets number of slides
var numSlides = slides.Count(); 

// gets the shapes collection of the first slide
var shapes = slides[0].Shapes;

// prints texts of shapes on the Debug console
foreach (var sp in shapes)
{
    if (sp.HasTextFrame)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine(sp.TextFrame.Text);
    }
}

Changelog

Version 0.4.0 - 2020-03-28

Added

Added setters for X, Y, Width and Height properties of non-placeholder shapes;
Added ShapeEx.IsGrouped boolean property to determine whether the shape is grouped;

Added APIs to remove table row

var tableRows = shape.Table.Rows;
// remove by index
tableRows.RemoveAt(0);
// remove by instance
var row = tableRows.First();
tableRows.Remove(row);

To find out more, please check out the CHANGELOG.

Contribution

If you have any problems or questions you can create an issue on this repository or contact me at theadamo86@gmail.com. If you want to contribute in improving this wrapper, feel free to create pull requests.

Author

Adam Shakhabov — adamshakhabov

DrZakaria/SlideDotNet