Convert MD to PPSM on Android via Java
Transform MD to PPSM within your Android Applications without using Microsoft® PowerPoint or Adobe® Acrobat Reader
Why to Convert
The need to convert MD to PPSM arises when you want to integrate MD to PPSM conversion feature inside your Android applications. MD is a markdown language which is used to create documents in a simple and easy to read format. PPSM is a PowerPoint Show file format which is used to create presentations. By converting MD to PPSM, you can create presentations from the documents created in MD.
How Aspose.Total helps for MD to PPSM Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a package which provides APIs for document manipulation. It includes two APIs, Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java, which can be used to convert MD to PPSM. In the first step, you can export MD to PPTX by using Aspose.PDF for Android via Java. After that, by using Aspose.Slides for Android via Java, you can convert PPTX to PPSM. Both APIs come under Aspose.Total for Android via Java package. This makes it easy to integrate MD to PPSM conversion feature inside your Android applications by using two simple steps.
Android API to Export MD to PPSM
- Open MD file using Document class
- Convert MD to PPTX by using save method
- Load PPTX document by using Presentation class
- Save the document to PPSM format using
save
method and set
Ppsmas SaveFormat
Get Started with Java File Format APIs
You can easily use Aspose.Total for Android via Java directly from Maven and install Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java in your applications.
Alternatively, you can get a ZIP file from downloads .
// load MD file with an instance of Document class
Document document = new Document("template.md");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a PPTX file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("PptxOutput.pptx");
// save the presentation as Ppsm format
presentation.save("output.ppsm", SaveFormat.Ppsm);
Open Password Protected MD File in Android Apps
While loading MD file format, your document might be password protected. Aspose.PDF for Android via Java allows you open encrypted documents as well. In order to open the encrypted file, you can initialize new instance of the Document class and pass filename and password as arguments.
// open MD document
Document doc = new Document("input.md", "Your@Password");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
Create Thumbnail Image of PPSM File in Android Applications
After converting MD to PPSM, you can also create thumbnail images of your output document. By using rich in feature Aspose.Slides for Android via Java you can generate thumbnail images of the slides by creating and instance of the Presentation class. After that, you can obtain the reference of any desired slide by using its ID or index and get the thumbnail image of the referenced slide on a specified scale.
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a PPSM file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("output.ppsm");
// access the first slide
ISlide sld = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0);
// create a full scale image
BufferedImage image = sld.getThumbnail(1f, 1f);
// save the image to disk in PNG format
ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", new java.io.File("Thumbnail_out.png"));