Table of content
- What is PPT to Flash SDK COM API?
- PPT to Flash SDK COM API usage
- PPT to Flash SDK COM API classes and interfaces
What is PPT to Flash SDK COM API?
PPT to Flash SDK COM API (the COM API) is an Application Programming Interface based on Microsoft COM technology performing PowerPoint presentations conversion to Web friendly Flash movies. It is accessible from all popular programming languages and environments supporting COM technology such as: C#, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, C++, Delphi, PHP, ASP.NET, VB Script, ASP, Java (via the Java wrapper), Python, JavaScript, JScript, and many others.
PPT to Flash SDK COM API usage
Main functionality of the the COM API is implemented in iSpringSDK_2003.dll and iSpringSDK_2007.dll COM modules. Some programming languages such as C# and Visual Basic require adding the COM library reference to the project, while other programming languages do not.
Adding the PPT to Flash SDK COM library reference to a C# project
Right click the References item of the Microsoft Visual Studio Solution Explorer and choose the Add Reference... item.
The Add Reference window will be opened. In the COM tab select the iSpringAS3SDK 6.0 Type Library item.
After that, the COM API classes and interfaces become accessible from the C# source code.
PPT to Flash SDK COM API classes and interfaces
The COM API exposes classes, interfaces, and enumeration types which can be accessed from programming languages. They are shown in the following diagram.
The main class exposed by the COM API is PresentationConverter. It is used to open and convert a PowerPoint presentation to Flash format. It also provides access to the conversion settings, presentation, and available skin modules.
The following classes are exposed by the COM API.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| PresentationConverter Class | Provides PowerPoint to Flash conversion facilities, it is the main class of the COM API |
The following interfaces are exposed by the COM API.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| _iSpringEvents Interface | Provides information about presentation conversion progress |
| AppearanceSettings Interface | Represents Flash presentation appearance settings |
| BackgroundAudioSettings Interface | Represents presentation background audio settings |
| Company Interface | Provides information about presenter company |
| CorePlugin Interface | Provides player core plugin information |
| CorePlugins Interface | Represents a collection of the player core plugins |
| ExternalResource Interface | Provides information about external resource of the presentation |
| ExternalResources Interface | Represents a collection of the external presentation resources |
| Image Interface | Provides information about picture used as presenter photo or company logo |
| MediaSettings Interface | Represents multimedia objects compression and conversion settings |
| NavigationSettings Interface | Represents Flash presentation navigation settings |
| PasswordSettings Interface | Provides facilities for presentation protection from unauthorized viewing |
| PlaybackSettings Interface | Represents Flash presentation playback settings |
| PlayerSettings Interface | Represents Flash presentation player settings |
| Plugins Interface | Provides an access to the Presentation converter plugins |
| Preloader Interface | Provides an information about Flash player preloader |
| Preloaders Interface | Represents a collection of Flash player preloaders |
| Presentation Interface | Provides information about the opened PowerPoint presentation |
| PresentationInfo Interface | Provides information about external resources of the presentation |
| Presenter Interface | Provides information about presentation presenter |
| Presenters Interface | Represents a collection of presentation presenters |
| ProtectionSettings Interface | Provides copyright protection facilities |
| PublishSettings Interface | Represents Flash presentation publish settings |
| Settings Interface | Provides access to presentation converter settings |
| Skin Interface | Provides an information about Flash player skin |
| Skins Interface | Represents a collection of Flash player skins |
| SkinSettings Interface | Provides Flash player skin settings |
| Slide Interface | Provides an information about PowerPoint presentation slide |
| Slides Interface | Represents a collection of PowerPoint presentation slides |
| TimeRestrictions Interface | Represents settings restricting the presentation viewing to the specified period of time. |
| VideoConverter Interface | Provides facilities for video files conversion |
| VideoObjectInfo Interface | Stores information about video object |
| VideoParameters Interface | Stores video file conversion parameters |
| VideoPlugins Interface | Allows replacing standard video processing functionality with the custom one |
| VideoObjectProcessor Interface | Detects whether the video object should be converted with specific VideoConverter or not |
| Watermark Interface | Provides facilities for adding custom watermarks to the generated Flash content |
The following enumerations are exposed by the COM API.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AudioBitrateEnum Enumeration | Represents possible audio bitrates values |
| BuiltInPluginType Enumeration | Defines player built-in plugin types |
| ConversionMode Enumeration | Defines the possible modes of the presentation conversion |
| ExternalResourceStatus Enumeration | Defines status of external resource of the presentation |
| ExternalResourceType Enumeration | Defines type of external resource of the presentation |
| FlashVideoFormat Enumeration | Defines various video formats supported by Adobe Flash player |
| FlashVideoFormat Enumeration | Defines various video formats supported by Adobe Flash player |
| ImageFileType Enumeration | Defines the possible image file types |
| MouseClickAdvanceType Enumeration | Represents all possible mouse click advance types |
| PresentationScanFlag Enumeration | Defines where external resources should be searched by the Scan method |
| VideoConversionResult Enumeration | Defines the possible results of the video file conversion process |
| VideoObjectPlaybackMode Enumeration | Defines the possible modes of slide video objects playback |
| VideoObjectProcessingResult Enumeration | Defines the possible results of the slide video objects processing |
| VideoObjectType Enumeration | Defines the possible video object types which can be contained in the presentation |
| VideoPlayerTypeEnum Enumeration | Defines the possible player types for slide video objects |
| WatermarkAlignment Enumeration | Defines the possible modes of the watermark position alignment |