Open and save PowerPoint in Azure App Service on Windows

2 Dec 20244 minutes to read

Syncfusion® PowerPoint is a .NET Core PowerPoint library used to create, read, edit and convert PowerPoint documents programmatically without Microsoft PowerPoint or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can open and save a PowerPoint in Azure App Service on Windows.

Steps to Open and save PowerPoint in Azure App Service on Windows

Step 1: Create a new ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller).

Step 2: Create a project name and select the location.

Step 3: Click Create button.

Step 4: Install the Syncfusion.Presentation.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.

NOTE

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Step 5: Add a new button in the Index.cshtml as shown below.

C#

@{
    Html.BeginForm("OpenAndSavePowerPoint", "Home", FormMethod.Get);
    {
        <div>
            <input type="submit" value="Open and Save PowerPoint" style="width:220px;height:27px" />
        </div>
    }
    Html.EndForm();
}

Step 6: Include the following namespaces in HomeController.cs.

C#

using Syncfusion.Presentation;

Step 7: Add a new action method OpenAndSavePresentation in HomeController.cs and include the below code snippet to open an existing Presentation in Azure App Service on Windows.

C#

string pptxPath = Path.Combine(_hostingEnvironment.WebRootPath, "Data/Template.pptx");
using FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(pptxPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
//Open an existing PowerPoint presentation.
using IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Open(fileStreamPath);

Step 8: Add below code snippet demonstrates accessing a shape from a slide and changing the text within it.

C#

//Get the first slide from the PowerPoint presentation.
ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides[0];
//Get the first shape of the slide.
IShape shape = slide.Shapes[0] as IShape;
//Change the text of the shape.
if (shape.TextBody.Text == "Company History")
    shape.TextBody.Text = "Company Profile";

Step 9: Add below code example to save the PowerPoint Presentation in Azure App Service on Windows.

C#

//Save the PowerPoint Presentation as stream.
MemoryStream pptxStream = new();
pptxDoc.Save(pptxStream);
pptxStream.Position = 0;
//Download Powerpoint document in the browser.
return File(pptxStream, "application/powerpoint", "Result.pptx");

Steps to publish as Azure App Service on Windows

Step 1: Right-click the project and select Publish option.

Step 2: Click the Add a Publish Profile button.

Step 3: Select the publish target as Azure.

Step 4: Select the Specific target as Azure App Service (Windows).

Step 5: To create a new app service, click Create new option.

Step 6: Click the Create button to proceed with App Service creation.

Step 7: Click the Finish button to finalize the App Service creation.

Step 8: Click Close button.

Step 9: Click the Publish button.

Step 10: Now, Publish has been succeeded.

Step 11: Now, the published webpage will open in the browser.

Step 12: Click Open and Save PowerPoint button.You will get the output PowerPoint document as follows.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion® PowerPoint Library (Presentation) features.