How to create a PowerPoint presentation in ASP.NET MVC

The following steps demonstrate how to create a simple PowerPoint presentation in a ASP.NET MVC web application using Presentation library.

Step 1: Create a new ASP.NET MVC web application. Name it as GettingStarted.

Step 2: Install Presentation assemblies with NuGet

In Visual Studio, select Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console and execute any of the below commands for the project.

MVC version	Command
MVC 3	install-package Syncfusion.AspNet.Mvc3.FileFormats source - http://nuget.syncfusion.com/aspnetmvc
MVC 4	install-package Syncfusion.AspNet.Mvc4.FileFormats source - http://nuget.syncfusion.com/aspnetmvc
MVC 5	install-package Syncfusion.AspNet.Mvc5.FileFormats source - http://nuget.syncfusion.com/aspnetmvc

Step 3: Add a new button in the web page.

Step 4: Include the below code snippet in the controller of the application, to create a PowerPoint presentation and save it as a file.

The following code snippet demonstrates the class “PresentationResult” used in the above code snippet.

public class PresentationResult : ActionResult

{

//private members

private IPresentation m_source;

private string m_filename;

private HttpResponse m_response;

//Get/Set the filename of Presentation

public string FileName

{

get

{

return m_filename;

}

set

{

m_filename = value;

}

//Get the Presentation

public IPresentation Source

{

get

{

return m_source as IPresentation;

}

//Get the http response

public HttpResponse Response

{

get

{

return m_response;

}

public PresentationResult(IPresentation source, string fileName, HttpResponse response)

{

//Assign values using the constructor

this.FileName = fileName;

this.m_source = source;

m_response = response;

}

public override void ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context)

{

//Throw exception if context is null

if (context == null)

throw new ArgumentNullException("Context is null");

//Save the Presentation to the client browser

this.m_source.Save(FileName, FormatType.Pptx, Response);

}

Step 5: Compile & execute the application. Now this application creates a simple PowerPoint presentation.

Step 6: Using this NuGet package, the PowerPoint presentation can also be converted to PDF document or image. For more details, See Conversion.

Article ID:	Published Date:	Last Revised Date:	Platform:	Control:
8167	11/20/2017	11/20/2017	ASP.NET MVC	Presentation

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