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{excerpt}Opens a PowerPointWriter template presentation file from the specified disk location. A PowerPointWriter template is a file created in Microsoft PowerPoint that contains data markers where data source values will be inserted.
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public void Open(string filePath)
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Public Sub Open(ByVal filePath As String)
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{param:filePath}
The complete path and file name of the template PowerPoint presentation file.
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{exception:ArgumentException}
Open will throw this exception if {{null}} \(C\#\) or {{Nothing}} \(VB.NET\) or an empty string is passed to the method. This exception will also be thrown if the specified template file is not of a valid PowerPoint Office Open XML (.pptx or .pptm) file format.
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{exception:FileNotFoundException}
Open will throw this exception if the template's file path specified in the parameter is inaccessible or doesn't exist
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//--- Open an Office Open XML PowerPoint (.pptx) file
powerPointTemplate.Open(@"C:\MyApplication\templates\EmployeeTrainingSlidesTemplate.pptx");
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 '--- Open an Office Open XML PowerPoint (.pptx) file
 powerPointTemplate.Open("C:\MyApplication\templates\EmployeeTrainingSlidesTemplate.pptx")
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