How to create a PowerPoint presentation in ASP.NET
Syncfusion Essential PowerPoint is a .NET PowerPoint library used to create, read, and edit PowerPoint documents. Using this library, you can create a PowerPoint document in ASP.NET Web Forms.
Steps to create a PowerPoint file programmatically:
- Create a new ASP.NET Web application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.Presentation.AspNet NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
- Add a new Web Form in ASP .NET project. Right click on the project and select Add > New Item and add a Web Form from the list. Name it as MainPage.
- Add a new button in the MainPage.aspx as shown below.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head runat="server"> <title></title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Create Document" OnClick="OnButtonClicked" /> </div> </form> </body> </html>
- Include the following namespace in your MainPage.aspx.cs file.
using Syncfusion.Presentation;
Imports Syncfusion.Presentation
- Include the below code snippet in the click event of the button in MainPage.aspx.cs, to create a PowerPoint file and download it.
C#:
//Creates a PowerPoint instance IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Create(); //Adds a slide to the PowerPoint presentation ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank); //Add a textbox to the slide IShape shape = slide.AddTextBox(10, 10, 500, 100); //Add a text to the textbox. shape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Hello World!!!"); //Save the PowerPoint Presentation pptxDoc.Save("Sample.pptx", FormatType.Pptx, Response); //Close the PowerPoint presentation pptxDoc.Close();
VB:
'Creates a PowerPoint instance Dim pptxDoc As IPresentation = Presentation.Create() 'Adds a slide to the PowerPoint presentation Dim slide As ISlide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank) 'Add a textbox to the slide. Dim shape As IShape = slide.AddTextBox(10, 10, 500, 100) 'Add a text to the textbox. shape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Hello World!!!") 'Save the PowerPoint Presentation pptxDoc.Save("Sample.pptx", FormatType.Pptx, Response) 'Close the PowerPoint presentation pptxDoc.Close()
A complete working example of how to create PowerPoint file in ASP.NET can be downloaded from Create PowerPoint file.zip
By executing the program, you will get the PowerPoint file as follows.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you will find other options like create and edit PowerPoint tables, create and edit PowerPoint charts, convert PowerPoint slides to images, and convert PowerPoint file to PDF with code examples.
Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PowerPoint features.
See Also:
Create a PowerPoint file in Windows Forms
Create a PowerPoint file in UWP
Create a PowerPoint file in WPF
Create a PowerPoint file in Xamarin
Create a PowerPoint file in Azure function
Create a PowerPoint file in ASP.NET Core
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