Re: geometries of shapes found in power point

Hi,
where can i find the geometries of shapes found in powerpoint 2007 .

Can anyone help?

You will find in the ShapeProperties there will be a PresetGeometry which has a Property/Attribute called Preset which has the ShapeTypeValues enum of the shape that it is.

that will give the name. But what I actually want is the documentation how the shapes are drawn. Anyways thanx for replying

If you want to read the documentation outlining the shape's markup - take a look at http://www.documentinteropinitiative.org/implnotes/ECMA-376/sec_203_16_12_0_0_0.aspx

Looking at the markup in Open XML SDK 2.0 Productivity Tool it looks fairly obvious, though depending on what you're wanting to do it may be quite complex to write your own rendering of all shapes.

The specs only document how custom shapes are drawn (section 20.1.9 Shape Definitions and Attributes of the ISO docs), but it is exactly the same way as preset shapes are drawn. In your downloads of the Ecma specs, find the file that says "presetShapeDefinitions.xml" and all the information is there, per shape. Use section 20.1.9 to figure out how they are calculated.