convert powerpoint 2003 to xml file william 31.08.2006 02:57:01 I am trying to convert ppt to a xml file, which means that I will also extract the different shapes in the ppt file. What I am using is VS.Net2005 plus office 2003 interop assembly. The problem is that when I try to extract the animated gif from the ppt file, the extracted gif image file is not animated. And also how can I retrieve the original image's width and height, so when I extract the image I can use these values. Here is my current C# code: int pixWidth = activeWindow.PointsToScreenPixelsX(shape.Width); int pixHeight = activeWindow.PointsToScreenPixelsY(shape.Height); shape.Export(fullFileName, PowerPoint.PpShapeFormat.ppShapeFormatGIF, pixWidth, pixHeight, PowerPoint.PpExportMode.ppScaleToFit);

Re: convert powerpoint 2003 to xml file "Dr. Eckehard Pfeifer" <privat[ at ]dr-e-pfeifer.newsgroup.de> 31.08.2006 08:37:58 Hi, my be its is a good idea, to save the presentation in xhtml-format or to use the HTMLProject and its Items. In this way you have all the pictures exportet by PowerPoint and you can use a xsl-Transformation to transform shapes and its vml-definitions to the schema you use. A transformation of the xhtml-part is a good idea at all. You can study the fileformat of ppt 2007, too, to get some other ideas. -- MfG EP Entwicklung - Beratung - Training (www.dr-e-pfeifer.net) XL-Funktionsverzeichnis (ISBN: 3860636898) MS Office 2003 - Das Entwicklerbuch (ISBN 3-86063-688-X)