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You can take advantage of the features of both PowerPointApplication and PowerPointTemplate by using them together. For example, you can use PowerPointTemplate to open and populate a PowerPointWriter template, then pass the populated presentation to PowerPointApplication to modify document properties. {excerpt} h2. PowerPointTemplate to PowerPointApplication To pass a presentation from PowerPointTemplate to PowerPointApplication, do not call [PowerPointTemplate.Save|PowerPointTemplate.Save]. Instead, pass the PowerPointTemplate object to PowerPointApplication's [Open|PowerPointApplication.Open] method: {csharp} PowerPointTemplate |
PowerPointTemplate to PowerPointApplication
To pass a presentation from PowerPointTemplate to PowerPointApplication, do not call PowerPointTemplate.Save. Instead, pass the PowerPointTemplate object to PowerPointApplication's Open method:
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PowerPointTemplate pptt = new PowerPointTemplate(); pptt.Open(templatePath); pptt.BindData(valuesArray, colNamesArray,"DataSourceName", pptt.CreateDataBindingProperties()); pptt.Process(); //--- Create an instance of PowerPointApplication and //--- open the presentation you created with PowerPointTemplate. //--- The presentation will be returned as a Presentation //--- object. PowerPointApplication ppta = new PowerPointApplication(); Presentation pres = ppta.Open(pptt); {csharp} {vbnet} Dim |
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Dim pptt As PowerPointTemplate = new PowerPointTemplate(); pptt.Open(templatePath); pptt.BindData(valuesArray, colNamesArray,"DataSourceName", pptt.CreateDataBindingProperties()); pptt.Process(); //--- Create an instance of PowerPointApplication and //--- open the presentation you created with PowerPointTemplate. //--- The presentation will be returned as a Presentation //--- object. Dim ppta As PowerPointApplication = new PowerPointApplication(); Dim pres As Presentation = ppta.Open(pptt); {vbnet} h2. PowerPointApplication to PowerPointTemplate To pass a presentation from PowerPointApplication to PowerPointTemplate, do not call [PowerPointApplication.Save]. Instead, pass the [PowerPointApplication] object, along with the [Presentation] object that you want to populate, to PowerPointTemplates's [Open|PowerPointTemplate.Open] method: {csharp} PowerPointApplication |
PowerPointApplication to PowerPointTemplate
To pass a presentation from PowerPointApplication to PowerPointTemplate, do not call PowerPointApplication.Save. Instead, pass the PowerPointApplication object, along with the Presentation object that you want to populate, to PowerPointTemplates's Open method:
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PowerPointApplication ppta = new PowerPointApplication(); Presentation present = ppta.Open("StartingFile.pptx"); //--- Code modifying and customizing the presentation here PowerPointTemplate ppt = new PowerPointTemplate(); ppt.Open(ppta, present); {csharp} {vbnet} Dim |
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Dim ppta As PowerPointApplication = new PowerPointApplication(); Dim present As Presentation = ppta.Open("StartingFile.pptx"); //--- Code modifying and customizing the presentation here Dim ppt As PowerPointTemplate = new PowerPointTemplate(); ppt.Open(ppta, present); {vbnet} |