| UseOfficeInitPowerPoint Method | 
            Loads MS PowerPoint® library in memory
            
Namespace: SautinSoftAssembly: UseOffice (in UseOffice.dll) Version: 2025.10.22
 Syntax
Syntaxpublic int InitPowerPoint()
Public Function InitPowerPoint As Integer
Return Value
Int32
            0 - Loading successfully
            1 - Can't load MS PowerPoint® library in memory
            
 Example
ExampleHow to convert a PPTX file to a PDF file in C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
namespace Sample
{
    class Test
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            SautinSoft.UseOffice u = new SautinSoft.UseOffice();
            string inpFile = Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\..\..\..\..\TestFiles\example.pptx");
            string outFile = Path.GetFullPath(@"Result.pdf");
            
            int ret = u.InitPowerPoint();
            
            
            
            if (ret == 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error! Can't load MS PowerPoint library in memory");
                return;
            }
            
            ret = u.ConvertFile(inpFile, outFile, SautinSoft.UseOffice.eDirection.PPTX_to_PDF);
            
            u.ClosePowerPoint();
            
            
            
            
            
            if (ret == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Converting successfully!");
                
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(outFile) { UseShellExecute = true });
            }
            else
                Console.WriteLine("Error! Please contact with SautinSoft support: support@sautinsoft.com.");
        }
    }
}How to convert a PPTX file to a PDF file in VB.Net
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Namespace Sample
    Friend Class Test
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            Dim u As New SautinSoft.UseOffice()
            Dim inpFile As String = Path.GetFullPath("..\..\..\..\..\..\TestFiles\example.pptx")
            Dim outFile As String = Path.GetFullPath("Result.pdf")
            
            Dim ret As Integer = u.InitPowerPoint()
            
            
            
            If ret = 1 Then
                Console.WriteLine("Error! Can't load MS PowerPoint library in memory")
                Return
            End If
            
            ret = u.ConvertFile(inpFile, outFile, SautinSoft.UseOffice.eDirection.PPTX_to_PDF)
            
            u.ClosePowerPoint()
            
            
            
            
            
            If ret = 0 Then
                Console.WriteLine("Converting successfully!")
                
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(outFile) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("Error! Please contact with SautinSoft support: support@sautinsoft.com.")
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace See Also
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