Syncfusion UWP PowerPoint framework allows you to create, read, and edit PowerPoint files in any UWP application without Microsoft Office or interop dependency. The library offers PowerPoint-to-image conversion.
It’s optimized for use in a server environment where speed and low memory usage are critical.
There are no distribution fees, per-server licensing fees, or royalties, which makes PowerPoint Presentation very cost-effective.
All the elements in a typical PowerPoint slide like text, formatting, images, shapes, and tables are accessible through a comprehensive set of APIs.
The UWP PowerPoint Framework comes with extensive documentation, a Knowledge Base, and samples.
UWP PowerPoint Library is a non-UI component that provides a full-fledged PowerPoint presentation instance that allows creating and editing the PowerPoint files without any dependency of Microsoft Office COM libraries and or Microsoft Office.
Use a single API across all the platforms.
Create PowerPoint presentations from scratch with text, charts, tables, images, SmartArt diagrams, animations, transitions, and more. Manipulate or edit existing PowerPoint files with just a few lines of code.
PowerPoint Presentation allows you to add, rearrange, duplicate, format, and delete shapes in a PowerPoint slide.
Create and edit more than 80 chart types with elements like chart title, legend, axis title, data labels, line styles, and more.
Create, modify, and format 134 SmartArt diagrams to quickly make a visual representation of data with ease.
Includes support to add, format, and delete text. Also provides support for all formatting options supported by Microsoft PowerPoint, such as bold, italic, subscript, superscript, text color, font, paragraph, alignment, indentation, and more.
Create, modify, and format tables to keep data organized. Cell and row-level operations like adding, inserting, and deleting rows or columns are also supported. Built-in table styles are available that are equivalent to Microsoft PowerPoint table styles.
A slide can be copied and pasted to the same or a different PowerPoint presentation. Copied slides can be merged with source and destination formatting.
Insert, delete, replace, and format pictures in a PowerPoint slide.
Add and manipulate single-level and multilevel lists like Microsoft PowerPoint.
Read and write encrypted PowerPoint presentations. The library allows marking a PowerPoint file as final to prevent editing.
For more information, check out our UWP PowerPoint Library features.
Easily get started with the UWP PowerPoint library using a few simple lines of C# code example as demonstrated below. Also explore our UWP PowerPoint Library Example that shows you how to render and configure the UWP PowerPoint.
<Page
x:Class="CreateWordSample.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:CreateWordSample"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
<Button x:Name="button" Content="Create Document" Click="OnButtonClicked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
</Page>
//Creates PowerPoint Presentation
using (IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Create())
{
//Adds slide to the PowerPoint
ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank);
//Adds textbox to the slide
IShape textboxShape = slide.AddTextBox(0, 0, 500, 500);
//Adds paragraph to the textbody of textbox
IParagraph paragraph = textboxShape.TextBody.AddParagraph();
//Adds a TextPart to the paragraph
ITextPart textPart = paragraph.AddTextPart();
//Adds text to the TextPart
textPart.Text = "AdventureWorks Cycles, the fictitious company on which the AdventureWorks sample databases are based, is a large, multinational manufacturing company. The company manufactures and sells metal and composite bicycles to North American, European and Asian commercial markets. While its base operation is located in Washington with 290 employees, several regional sales teams are located throughout their market base.";
//Initializes FileSavePicker
FileSavePicker savePicker = new FileSavePicker();
savePicker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.Desktop;
savePicker.SuggestedFileName = "Output";
savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("PowerPoint Files", new List<string>() { ".pptx" });
//Creates a storage file from FileSavePicker
StorageFile storageFile = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
//Saves changes to the specified storage file
await pptxDoc.SaveAsync(storageFile);
}
The Syncfusion UWP PowerPoint Library supports the following:
No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue and five or fewer developers.
A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.
Apart from UWP, the Syncfusion PowerPoint Framework supports platforms for web (Blazor, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.NET Web Forms), mobile (.NET MAUI, and Xamarin), and desktop (Windows Forms, WPF,WinUI, .NET MAUI, and Xamarin).
You can find our UWP PowerPoint Frameworks demo here.
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