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How to fill shape with picture in PowerPoint in C#

2016-06-03 07:40:54 Written by  support iceblue
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In order to change the look of a shape, users can add a solid, gradient, pattern or picture fill to it. Spire.Presentation supports all fill types listed. This article will introduce how to add a picture fill to a shape in C# and VB.NET.

Code Snippets:

Step 1: Initialize an instance of Presentation class.

Presentation ppt = new Presentation();

Step 2: Add a shape to the first slide.

IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.DoubleWave, new RectangleF(100, 100, 400, 200));

Step 3: Set the FillType as picture and fill the shape with an image.

string picUrl = @"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\image.jpg";
shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Picture;               
shape.Fill.PictureFill.Picture.Url = picUrl;

Step 4: Set the picture fill mode to stretch.

shape.Fill.PictureFill.FillType = PictureFillType.Stretch;

Step 5: Save to file.

ppt.SaveToFile("shape.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);

Output:

How to fill shape with picture in PowerPoint in C#

Full Code:

[C#]
using Spire.Presentation;
using Spire.Presentation.Drawing;
using System.Drawing;

namespace FillShape
{

    class Program
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Presentation ppt = new Presentation();

            IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)ppt.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.DoubleWave, new RectangleF(100, 100, 400, 200));
            string picUrl = @"C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\image.jpg";
            shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Picture;
            shape.Fill.PictureFill.Picture.Url = picUrl;
            shape.Fill.PictureFill.FillType = PictureFillType.Stretch;
            shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent;

            ppt.SaveToFile("shape.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("shape.pptx");
        }
    }
}
[VB.NET]
Imports Spire.Presentation
Imports Spire.Presentation.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing

Namespace FillShape

	Class Program

		Private Shared Sub Main(args As String())
			Dim ppt As New Presentation()

			Dim shape As IAutoShape = DirectCast(ppt.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.DoubleWave, New RectangleF(100, 100, 400, 200)), IAutoShape)
			Dim picUrl As String = "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\image.jpg"
			shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Picture
			shape.Fill.PictureFill.Picture.Url = picUrl
			shape.Fill.PictureFill.FillType = PictureFillType.Stretch
			shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.Transparent

			ppt.SaveToFile("shape.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010)
			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("shape.pptx")
		End Sub
	End Class
End Namespace

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  • tutorial_title: Fill shape with picture in PowerPoint in C#
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