How to handle duplicate shape names

[majeed_s]

I would like to get a specific shape on my slide, however there are multiple shapes with the same name. What is your recommendation on how to get the one I want.

I want to get the picture with the bmw car.

duplicate names.PNG

Couple of notes - I cannot manually change the names of the shapes. I'm guessing the only way is to find duplicate names and programmatically change the names?

Here's the same code I currently use.

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Presentation PPT = new Presentation();
PPT.LoadFromFile("Input.pptx");
foreach (IShape s in PPT.Slides[0].Shapes)
{
    if (s is SlidePicture)
    {
        SlidePicture ps = s as SlidePicture;
        if (ps.Name == "Picture 4")
        {
            //...
        }
    }
}
PPT.SaveToFile("output.pptx", Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2013);

[kylie.tian]

Hi,

Thank you for your inquiry.
We provide two properties (AlternativeTitle and AlternativeText) to get the title and alttext of shape, you can manually set the values for the specific shape you want (I attached a screenshot for your reference), and use the code below to distinguish it from other shapes.

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            //Load a PPT
            Presentation PPT = new Presentation();
            PPT.LoadFromFile("Input.pptx");
            ShapeCollection shapes = PPT.Slides[0].Shapes;
            foreach (IShape s in PPT.Slides[0].Shapes)
            {
                //Get shape by alttext
                // if (s.AlternativeText == "carInfo")
                //Get shape by title
                if (s.AlternativeTitle == "carTitle")
               {
                 //...
               }
            }

Sincerely,
Kylie
E-iceblue support team

[majeed_s]

Perfect. Thanks for highlighting this.

[kylie.tian]

Hi,

If you need assistance in the future, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Wish you a nice day!

Sincerely,
Kylie
E-iceblue support team