Aspose.Slides is a file management component that can help you read/write/manipulate the PowerPoint documents.

 

You can also extract OLE objects from PowerPoint documents using Aspose.Slides. For example, I have attached a sample application here along with solution/project in C#, it basically reads the source ppt and extracts the OLE objects (excel chart and pdf document) from it and write it to C: drives.

 

Hopefully, it will be helpful for you.

 

You can ask any of your questions regarding Aspose.Slides from the Aspose.Slides forum.

http://www.aspose.com/community/forums/aspose.slides-for-.net-java-and-reporting-services/109/showforum.aspx

 

C# Code

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//Read the source ppt file

string sourcePath = @"..\..\..\source.ppt";

Presentation srcPres = new Presentation(sourcePath);

//Get the first slide

Slide sld = srcPres.GetSlideByPosition(1);

//Output file id

int fid = 0;

//Extract all ole objects

foreach (Shape shp in sld.Shapes)

{

//oof will not be null, if shape is ole object frame

OleObjectFrame oof = shp as OleObjectFrame;

if (oof != null)

{

//Check the class

string objName = oof.ObjectClassName;

//decide extension

//if it is excel, set it as .xls

//if it is pdf, set it as .pdf

string ext = "";

if (objName.Contains("Microsoft Excel Chart") == true)

ext = ".xls";

else

if (objName.Contains("Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Document") == true)

ext = ".pdf";

//Now extract the data and write it to file

FileStream fout = new FileStream("c:\\outOLE" + fid + ext, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);

fout.Write(oof.ObjectData, 0, oof.ObjectData.Length);

fout.Close();

//increment fid

fid++;

}

}

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Many Thanks and Kind Regards,

Shakeel Faiz
Support Engineer
Aspose Tyumen Team

What is the equivalent of this line:

OleObjectFrame oof = shp as OleObjectFrame;

in VB.NET?

I've tried this:

Dim oof As Aspose.Slides.OleObjectFrame = CType(shape, Aspose.Slides.OleObjectFrame)

but no luck.

I have updated the thread with VB.NET code, which works exactly the same as C# code in previous post.

 

VB.NET

'Read the source ppt file

Dim sourcePath As String = "..\..\..\source.ppt"

Dim srcPres As Presentation = New Presentation(sourcePath)

'Get the first slide

Dim sld As Slide = srcPres.GetSlideByPosition(1)

'Output file id

Dim fid As Integer = 0

'Extract all ole objects

For Each shp As Shape In sld.Shapes

If TypeOf shp Is OleObjectFrame Then

Dim oof As OleObjectFrame = shp

'Check the class

Dim objName As String = oof.ObjectClassName

'Decide the extension

'if it is excel, set it as .xls

'if it is pdf, set it as .pdf

Dim ext As String = ""

If objName.Contains("Microsoft Excel Chart") = True Then

ext = ".xls"

ElseIf objName.Contains("Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Document") = True Then

ext = ".pdf"

End If

'Now extract the data and write it to file

Dim fout As FileStream

fout = New FileStream("c:\outOLE" & fid & ext, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)

fout.Write(oof.ObjectData, 0, oof.ObjectData.Length)

fout.Close()

'increment fid

fid = fid + 1

End If

Next

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Many Thanks and Kind Regards,

Shakeel Faiz
Support Engineer
Aspose Tyumen Team

I am using .NET 1.0 and this code does not work.  This line:

Dim oof As Aspose.Slides.OleObjectFrame = shp

gives me this error: "Value of type 'Aspose.Slides.Shape' cannot be converted to 'Aspose.Slides.OLEObjectFrame'"

Try this one

Dim oof As OleObjectFrame = CType(shp, OleObjectFrame)

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Many Thanks and Kind Regards,

Shakeel Faiz
Support Engineer
Aspose Tyumen Team

If you check my post three messages up, that's exactly what I tried already.  Any other thoughts?

Hello,

Everything should work fine if you didn't forget to check shape type before this line like shown in the VB example also 3 messages up:

If TypeOf shp Is OleObjectFrame Then
   Dim oof As OleObjectFrame = CType(shp, OleObjectFrame)

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Alexey Zhilin
Team Leader
Aspose Tyumen Team
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This is not a run-time error, I am not able to compile my code at all when trying to cast this value.

I am using MDE 2002 v 7.0.9955, .NET 1.0

Figured it out.  You have to instantiate shp as a generic object:

Dim shp As Object

That way, you can cast it as anything you like.  This is most likely an issue with .NET 1.0

Thanks. We'll give it a try.