ActiveX

What this page is about

Use Aspose.Slides for Python via Java to add, access, remove, and configure ActiveX controls in PowerPoint presentations with practical code examples.

This article demonstrates how to add, access, remove, and configure ActiveX controls in a presentation using Aspose.Slides for Python via Java.

Install the package as described in Installation. Each example imports asposeslides before starting the JVM, then imports the API after the JVM is running. The access and removal examples use add_activex.pptm, created by the first example.

Add an ActiveX Control

Insert a Windows Media Player control on the first slide and save the presentation as a PPTM file.

import jpype
import asposeslides

if not jpype.isJVMStarted():
    jpype.startJVM()

from asposeslides.api import ControlType, Presentation, SaveFormat

presentation = Presentation()
try:
    slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0)

    # Add a Windows Media Player control.
    control = slide.getControls().addControl(ControlType.WindowsMediaPlayer, 50, 50, 100, 50)
    control.getProperties().set_Item("autoStart", "false")

    presentation.save("add_activex.pptm", SaveFormat.Pptm)
finally:
    presentation.dispose()

Access an ActiveX Control

Read the name and automatic playback setting of the first ActiveX control on the slide.

import jpype
import asposeslides

if not jpype.isJVMStarted():
    jpype.startJVM()

from asposeslides.api import Presentation

presentation = Presentation("add_activex.pptm")
try:
    if presentation.getSlides().size() > 0:
        slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0)
        if slide.getControls().size() > 0:
            # Access the first ActiveX control.
            control = slide.getControls().get_Item(0)
            print("Control Name:", control.getName())
            print("autoStart:", control.getProperties().get_Item("autoStart"))
        else:
            print("The first slide contains no ActiveX controls.")
    else:
        print("The presentation contains no slides.")
finally:
    presentation.dispose()

Remove an ActiveX Control

Delete the first ActiveX control from the slide and save the modified presentation.

import jpype
import asposeslides

if not jpype.isJVMStarted():
    jpype.startJVM()

from asposeslides.api import Presentation, SaveFormat

presentation = Presentation("add_activex.pptm")
try:
    if presentation.getSlides().size() > 0:
        slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0)
        if slide.getControls().size() > 0:
            # Remove the first ActiveX control.
            slide.getControls().removeAt(0)
        else:
            print("The first slide contains no ActiveX controls.")
    else:
        print("The presentation contains no slides.")

    presentation.save("removed_activex.pptm", SaveFormat.Pptm)
finally:
    presentation.dispose()

Set ActiveX Properties

Add a Windows Media Player control, disable automatic playback, and hide its playback controls. Use ControlPropertiesCollection.set_Item to assign property values as strings.

import jpype
import asposeslides

if not jpype.isJVMStarted():
    jpype.startJVM()

from asposeslides.api import ControlType, Presentation, SaveFormat

presentation = Presentation()
try:
    slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0)

    # Add a Windows Media Player control and configure its properties.
    control = slide.getControls().addControl(ControlType.WindowsMediaPlayer, 50, 50, 150, 50)
    properties = control.getProperties()
    properties.set_Item("autoStart", "false")
    properties.set_Item("uiMode", "none")

    presentation.save("set_activex_props.pptm", SaveFormat.Pptm)
finally:
    presentation.dispose()