Finding a Shape in a Slide in Ruby

Aspose.Slides - Finding a Shape in a Slide

To Find a Shape in a Slide using Aspose.Slides Java for Ruby, simply invoke FindShape module. Here you can see example code.

Ruby Code

 def initialize()

    data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)))) + '/data/Shapes/'



    # Create an instance of Presentation class

    pres = Rjb::import('com.aspose.slides.Presentation').new(data_dir + 'demo.pptx')

    # Get the first slide

    slide = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0)

    shape = find_shape(slide, "Shape1")

    puts "Shape: " + shape.to_string

end    

def find_shape(slide, alttext)

    #Iterating through all shapes inside the slide

    i = 0

    while i < slide.getShapes().size()     

        # If the alternative text of the slide matches with the required one then return the shape

        if slide.getShapes().get_Item(i).getAlternativeText() == alttext

            return slide.getShapes().get_Item(i)

        end    

        i +=1

    end

    return nil

end   

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