Presentation(Byte[]) Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the Presentation class with specified settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.Docs.Presentation

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.Presentation.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Docs.Presentation

Declaration

C#

public Presentation(
    byte[] buffer
)

VB.NET

Public Sub New(
    buffer As Byte()
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
buffer	Byte[]	A presentation (PPTX) as a byte array.

Remarks

The following code snippet loads a presentation (PPTX file) from a byte array:

C#

using DevExpress.Docs.Presentation;

namespace PresentationApiSample;

public class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] _) {
        // Load a presentation from a byte array 
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation(File.ReadAllBytes(@"D:\mypresentation.pptx"));
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Docs.Presentation

Namespace PresentationApiSample

    Public Class Program
        Public Shared Sub Main(__ As String())
            ' Load a presentation from a byte array
            Dim presentation As Presentation = New Presentation(File.ReadAllBytes("D:\mypresentation.pptx"))
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Note: If you try to load a corrupted PPTX file or file in another format, you get a PresentationUnsupportedFormatException.

For more information, refer to the following help topic: DevExpress Presentation API Library: Create, Load, and Save Presentations.