Render CGM to PPT via .NET
.NET API to Export CGM to PPT on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Microsoft® PowerPoint
Aspose.Total for .NET is a powerful package of File Format Automation APIs that can be used to easily render CGM to PPT in two simple steps. The first step is to use the PDF Processing API, Aspose.PDF for .NET, to transform the CGM file format to PPTX. This API provides a wide range of features that allow you to manipulate PDF documents in a variety of ways. It can be used to convert PDF documents to other file formats, such as PPTX, as well as to extract text, images, and other content from PDF documents.
The second step is to use the Presentation Processing API, Aspose.Slides for .NET, to convert the PPTX to PPT. This API provides a comprehensive set of features that allow you to create, edit, and manipulate presentations in a variety of ways. It can be used to convert presentations from one file format to another, such as from PPTX to PPT, as well as to add, delete, and modify slides, text, images, and other content.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily render CGM to PPT in two simple steps. First, use the PDF Processing API to convert the CGM file format to PPTX. Then, use the Presentation Processing API to convert the PPTX to PPT. With this package of powerful File Format Automation APIs, you can quickly and easily manipulate a variety of file formats to suit your needs.
.NET API to Convert CGM to PPT
- Open CGM file using Document class
- Convert CGM to PPTX by using Save method
- Load PPTX file by using Presentation class
- Save the document to PPT format using
Save
method and set
Pptas SaveFormat
Conversion Requirements
Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Total.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
Get XMP Metadata from CGM File via .NET
While converting CGM to PPT, you might need extra XMP metadata information to prioritize your batch conversion process. For example you can get and sort your conversion documents based on creation date and process the documents accordingly. Aspose.PDF for .NET allows you to access a CGM file’s XMP metadata. To get a CGM file’s metadata, you can create a Document object and open the input CGM file. After that, you can get the file’s metadata using the Metadata property.
Create Read Only PPT File via .NET
By using Aspose.Slides for .NET API, you can further enhance the features of your conversion application. One of the feature can be to create your output file read only to increase security. The API allows you to set your PPT file to Read-Only, which means users (after they open the presentation) see the Read-Only recommendation.
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("PptxOutput.pptx");
// make PPT read only
presentation.ProtectionManager.ReadOnlyRecommended = true;
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Ppt
presentation.Save("output.ppt", SaveFormat.Ppt);