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How to open file without using a path?
Without knowing the full path + file name you can not open anything.
Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Load a file
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Nathaniel Y Narciso
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Using Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint How to open file without using a path?
I only have a byte array. I don't want to save the file locally because I already have the byte array and I cant save it locally since Im using outsystems. I have tried other extension like Spire but it is expensive. Hope you can help me
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Jiale Xue - MSFT 41,736 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2024-05-27T07:11:37.3533333+00:00 Hi @Nathaniel Y Narciso , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,
When opening a PowerPoint file using Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint, you usually need to provide the file path because the library is COM-based and primarily interacts with the file system.
Thanks for your understanding.
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Viorel 114K Reputation points2024-05-27T16:11:04.6833333+00:00 Theoretically an object can be created from bytes or stream using the OleCreateFromData function, but it is probably a demanding work.
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Olaf Helper 42,581 Reputation points2024-05-27T05:44:04.95+00:00