Interface ISlide

Inherited Members
Namespace: IronPPT.Interfaces
Assembly: IronPPT.dll
Syntax
public interface ISlide : IGraphic, IContentElement

Building up a single page of a presentation in C# runs through ISlide. It is the contract for one slide and gives a developer everything needed to add content to that slide and to read back what is already there, so a report generator can append shapes, text, and images to a page through one consistent surface.

A developer receives an ISlide rather than constructing it: PresentationDocument.Slides is a List<Slide>, and Slide (the concrete implementor) is what those entries are, while AddSlide returns a fresh one to fill. From there the slide is the parent every other element attaches to, and editing the deck means walking its slides and adding to or reading from each in turn.

The members fall into clear functional groups. The add methods grow the slide: AddShape takes an IShape, AddText accepts a string or an IText, AddParagraph takes an IParagraph, AddImage has overloads for a file path, a Stream, an AnyBitmap, or an IImage, and AddChild attaches several IContentElement items at once. The read-back collections expose what the slide holds: Shapes (a List<IShape>), Texts, TextBoxes, Paragraphs, and Images. The slide-state members cover the rest: ID and Index identify and order the slide, IsMasterSlide flags a master, and ShowMasterPlaceholderAnimations toggles inherited animations. Geometry such as Height, Width, Angle, and Position is inherited from IGraphic, so the same slide object answers both content questions and layout questions through one surface.

ISlide slide = document.Slides[0];
slide.AddText("Quarterly Summary");
slide.AddImage("chart.png");

The add slide example creates a slide, the manage slide how-to walks through editing one, and the add text how-to covers placing text on a slide.

Properties

ID

Declaration
string ID { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Images

Declaration
List<IImage> Images { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<IImage>

Index

Declaration
int Index { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int32

IsMasterSlide

Declaration
bool IsMasterSlide { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Boolean

Paragraphs

Declaration
List<IParagraph> Paragraphs { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<IParagraph>

Shapes

Declaration
List<IShape> Shapes { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<IShape>

ShowMasterPlaceholderAnimations

Declaration
Nullable<bool> ShowMasterPlaceholderAnimations { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Nullable<System.Boolean>

TextBoxes

Declaration
List<ITextBox> TextBoxes { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<ITextBox>

Texts

Declaration
List<IText> Texts { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<IText>

Methods

AddChild(IContentElement[])

Declaration
void AddChild(params IContentElement[] children)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IContentElement[] children

AddImage(IImage)

Declaration
IImage AddImage(IImage image)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IImage image
Returns
Type Description
IImage

AddImage(AnyBitmap)

Declaration
IImage AddImage(AnyBitmap anyBitmap)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IronSoftware.Drawing.AnyBitmap anyBitmap
Returns
Type Description
IImage

AddImage(Stream)

Declaration
IImage AddImage(Stream imageStream)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.IO.Stream imageStream
Returns
Type Description
IImage

AddImage(String)

Declaration
IImage AddImage(string imagePath)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String imagePath
Returns
Type Description
IImage

AddParagraph(IParagraph)

Declaration
IParagraph AddParagraph(IParagraph paragraph)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IParagraph paragraph
Returns
Type Description
IParagraph

AddShape(IShape)

Declaration
IShape AddShape(IShape shape)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IShape shape
Returns
Type Description
IShape

AddText(IText)

Declaration
IText AddText(IText text)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IText text
Returns
Type Description
IText

AddText(String)

Declaration
IText AddText(string text)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String text
Returns
Type Description
IText

Inherited members

Height
Position
Width
Angle
Clone()
Remove()
Replace(IContentElement)
Parent
Status