Create or Access SmartArt in PowerPoint using C#

readme.md

Learn how to create and access SmartArt in PowerPoint using C#: https://blog.aspose.com/2021/09/22/create-smartart-in-powerpoint-using-csharp/

access-smartart.cs

// Load the presentation
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("AccessSmartArtShape.pptx"))
{
    // Iterate through every shape inside desired slide
    foreach (IShape shape in pres.Slides[0].Shapes)
    {
        // Check if shape is of SmartArt type
        if (shape is ISmartArt)
        {
            // Typecast shape to SmartArt
            ISmartArt smart = (ISmartArt)shape;
            System.Console.WriteLine("Shape Name:" + smart.Name);
            
            // Checking SmartArt Layout
            //if (smart.Layout == SmartArtLayoutType.BasicBlockList)
            //{
            //   Console.WriteLine("Do some thing here....");
            //}
        }
    }
}

change-smartart.cs

// Load presentation
using (Presentation presentation = new Presentation("AccessSmartArtShape.pptx"))
{
    // Traverse through every shape inside first slide
    foreach (IShape shape in presentation.Slides[0].Shapes)
    {
        // Check if shape is of SmartArt type
        if (shape is ISmartArt)
        {
            // Typecast shape to SmartArt
            ISmartArt smart = (ISmartArt)shape;

            // Check SmartArt style
            if (smart.QuickStyle == SmartArtQuickStyleType.SimpleFill)
            {
                // Change SmartArt Style
                smart.QuickStyle = SmartArtQuickStyleType.Cartoon;
            }
            
            // Check SmartArt color type
            if (smart.ColorStyle == SmartArtColorType.ColoredFillAccent1)
            {
                // Change SmartArt color type
                smart.ColorStyle = SmartArtColorType.ColorfulAccentColors;
            }
        }
    }

    // Save Presentation
    presentation.Save("ChangeSmartArtStyle_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

create-smartart.cs

// Create a presentation or load existing one
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation())
{
    // Access the presentation slide
    ISlide slide = pres.Slides[0];

    // Add SmartArt Shape
    ISmartArt smart = slide.Shapes.AddSmartArt(0, 0, 400, 400, SmartArtLayoutType.BasicBlockList);
    smart.AllNodes[0].TextFrame.Text = "First Block";
    smart.AllNodes[1].TextFrame.Text = "Second Block";
    
    // Save presentation
    pres.Save("SimpleSmartArt_out.pptx", Aspose.Slides.Export.SaveFormat.Pptx);
}