Insert Auto Shapes in Presentation using Apache POI and Aspose.Slides

Aspose.Slides - Insert Auto Shapes in Presentation

Aspose.Slides for Java supports adding different kinds of shapes to the slides. Using Aspose.Slides for Java, developers can not only create simple lines, but some fancy lines can also be drawn on the slides.

//Get the first slide
ISlide sld = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0);

for (int i = 1; i <= ShapeType.ChartPlus; i++)
{
	System.out.println(i + ". Done.");
	
	//Add an auto shape of type line
	sld.getShapes().addAutoShape(i, 50, 100, 150, 100);
	sld = pres.getSlides().addEmptySlide(pres.getLayoutSlides().get_Item(0));
}

Apache POI SL - HSLF XSLF - Insert Auto Shapes in Presentation

AutoShape class is available to insert various type of shapes in presentation using Apache POI SL - HSLF XSLF

//Line shape
Line line = new Line();
line.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(50, 50, 100, 20));
line.setLineColor(new Color(0, 128, 0));
line.setLineStyle(Line.LINE_DOUBLE);
slide.addShape(line);

//TextBox
TextBox txt = new TextBox();
txt.setText("Hello, World!");
txt.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(300, 100, 300, 50));

//use RichTextRun to work with the text format
RichTextRun rt = txt.getTextRun().getRichTextRuns()[0];
rt.setFontSize(32);
rt.setFontName("Arial");
rt.setBold(true);
rt.setItalic(true);
rt.setUnderlined(true);
rt.setFontColor(Color.red);
rt.setAlignment(TextBox.AlignRight);
slide.addShape(txt);

//Autoshape
//32-point star
AutoShape sh1 = new AutoShape(ShapeTypes.Star32);
sh1.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(50, 50, 100, 200));
sh1.setFillColor(Color.red);
slide.addShape(sh1);

//Trapezoid
AutoShape sh2 = new AutoShape(ShapeTypes.Trapezoid);
sh2.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(150, 150, 100, 200));
sh2.setFillColor(Color.blue);
slide.addShape(sh2);

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Get Shapes from Presentation Slide using Apache POI and Aspose.Slides