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Adding new shapes in slides using Serialization.

Adding new shapes in slides using Serialization.

API Declarations



- Create some shape using MS-PowerPoint and save the presentation
- Read the presentation and its shape using Aspose.Slides
- Serialize the shape
- Create a new presentation and add the serialized shape in it.



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//Read the source presentation
Presentation srcPres = new Presentation("c:\\source.ppt");

//Read the shape
Slide srcSld = srcPres.GetSlideByPosition(1);
Shape srcShape = srcSld.Shapes[0];

//Serialize the shape
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
srcShape.Serialize(ms);

//Create a target presentation
Presentation targetPres = new Presentation();

//Add a serialized shape inside the target presentation
Slide targetSld = targetPres.GetSlideByPosition(1);
ms.Position = 0;
targetSld.Shapes.Add(ms);

//Write the target presentation on disk
targetPres.Write("c:\\target.ppt");

[VB.NET]

'Read the source presentation
Dim srcPres As Presentation = New Presentation("c:\source.ppt")

'Read the shape
Dim srcSld As Slide = srcPres.GetSlideByPosition(1)
Dim srcShape As Shape = srcSld.Shapes(0)

'Serialize the shape
Dim ms As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
srcShape.Serialize(ms)

'Create a target presentation
Dim targetPres As Presentation = New Presentation()

'Add a serialized shape inside the target presentation
Dim targetSld As Slide = targetPres.GetSlideByPosition(1)
ms.Position = 0
targetSld.Shapes.Add(ms)

'Write the target presentation on disk
targetPres.Write("c:\target.ppt")