How do I create an Powerpoint presentation using OpenXML

Question

Good day, I need to populate a PPT from my SQL db but the only example I was able to find refers to Templates that are not included in the downloadable solution. When I tried to do it myself, I get all kinds of errors.  Are there any complete examples of how to Create a PPT file for a web app using Open XML?

Answer 1

For more help on creating a PowerPoint presentation using Open XML you may post your query on the MSDN forum.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/oxmlsdk/threads

Answer 2

Although it's not Open XML, something you may want to consider is SoftArtisans PowerPointWriter, which is a .NET API that uses a template-based approach to populating presentations with data. The template contains placeholders that indicate where the data or images should be inserted. 

There are code examples that demonstrate how to populate a basic template with multiple data sets in the PowerPointWriter documentation. It requires very little code and has built-in behavior to repeat sections of the presentation to account for varying data set sizes.

Disclaimer: I work for SoftArtisans, makers of PowerPointWriter.