Shapes

Slides can contain various kinds of drawings. One special kind of drawing is a shape. A shape has some kind of geometry and can be filled and/or outlined. It also can contain text.

For more information about drawing types in GemBox.Presentation, see the GemBox.Presentation content model help page.

The following example shows how to create and customize shapes using the GemBox.Presentation API.

PowerPoint Library for C# / VB.NET Screenshot — Screenshot

See the full code below, use Run Example to execute.

C#
VB.NET

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using GemBox.Presentation;
using GemBox.Presentation.Media;

class Sample
{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        PresentationDocument presentation = new PresentationDocument();

        // Create new slide; will create "custom" layout slide and default master slide.
        Slide slide = presentation.Slides.AddNew(SlideLayoutType.Custom);

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.RectangularCallout, 30, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.AliceBlue));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.RoundedRectangularCallout, 170, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.BlueViolet));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.OvalCallout, 310, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.CadetBlue));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.CloudCallout, 450, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.CornflowerBlue));

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonEnd, 30, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.DarkSeaGreen));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonForwardOrNext, 170, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.ForestGreen));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonHelp, 310, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.GreenYellow));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonHome, 450, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.LightSeaGreen));

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpArrow, 30, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.DarkRed));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpArrowCallout, 170, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.IndianRed));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpDownArrow, 310, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.OrangeRed));
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpDownArrowCallout, 450, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.MediumVioletRed));

        presentation.Save("Shapes.pptx");
    }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports GemBox.Presentation
Imports GemBox.Presentation.Media

Module Samples

    Sub Main()

        ' If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        Dim presentation As PresentationDocument = New PresentationDocument

        ' Create New slide; will create "custom" layout slide And default master slide.
        Dim slide As Slide = presentation.Slides.AddNew(SlideLayoutType.Custom)

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.RectangularCallout, 30, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.AliceBlue))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.RoundedRectangularCallout, 170, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.BlueViolet))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.OvalCallout, 310, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.CadetBlue))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.CloudCallout, 450, 30, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.CornflowerBlue))

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonEnd, 30, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.DarkSeaGreen))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonForwardOrNext, 170, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.ForestGreen))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonHelp, 310, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.GreenYellow))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.ActionButtonHome, 450, 150, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.LightSeaGreen))

        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpArrow, 30, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.DarkRed))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpArrowCallout, 170, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.IndianRed))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpDownArrow, 310, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.OrangeRed))
        slide.Content.AddShape(ShapeGeometryType.UpDownArrowCallout, 450, 270, 130, 100, LengthUnit.Point).Format.Fill.SetSolid(Color.FromName(ColorName.MediumVioletRed))

        presentation.Save("Shapes.pptx")

    End Sub

End Module

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