Convert powerpoint slide into an image file, without opening the powerpoint window!

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Hello,
My program should convert a ppt slide into an image file and it does. The only thing that bothers me is the blank PowerPoint window that opens and closes again (with sound). Is it possible to perform this conversion without opening this window?

What I have tried:

C#

if (Path.GetExtension(file).Contains("ppt"))
                    {
                        PPT.Application pptApp = new PPT.Application();
                        pptApp.Visible = MsoTriState.msoTrue;
                        PPT.Presentation pptPr = pptApp.Presentations.Open(file, MsoTriState.msoFalse, MsoTriState.msoFalse, MsoTriState.msoFalse);
                        pptPr.Slides[1].Export(ImagePath + Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file) + ".png", "png");
                        pptPr.Close();
                        pptApp.Quit();
                        Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pptPr);
                        Marshal.ReleaseComObject(pptApp);
                    }

Posted 13-Oct-16 15:36pm

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wilford.ramsey 28-Jun-17 7:51am

You can use this C# or VB.NET library for PowerPoint to accomplish that with the following code:

var presentation = PresentationDocument.Load("Sample.ppt", new PptLoadOptions());
presentation.Save("Sample.png", new ImageSaveOptions(ImageSaveFormat.Png));

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