GetBasePlaceholder()

Shape::GetBasePlaceholder() method

Returns a basic placeholder shape (shape from the layout and/or master slide that the current shape is inherited from).

System::SharedPtr<IShape> Aspose::Slides::Shape::GetBasePlaceholder() override

Remarks

A null is returned if the current shape is not inherited.

// get all (master/layout/slide) animated effects of the placeholder shape
System::SharedPtr<Presentation> pres = System::MakeObject<Presentation>(u"sample.pptx");

System::SharedPtr<ISlide> slide = pres->get_Slide(0);
System::SharedPtr<IShape> shape = slide->get_Shape(0);
System::ArrayPtr<System::SharedPtr<IEffect>> shapeEffects = slide->get_Timeline()->get_MainSequence()->GetEffectsByShape(shape);

System::SharedPtr<IShape> layoutShape = shape->GetBasePlaceholder();
System::ArrayPtr<System::SharedPtr<IEffect>> layoutShapeEffects = slide->get_LayoutSlide()->get_Timeline()->get_MainSequence()->GetEffectsByShape(layoutShape);

System::SharedPtr<IShape> masterShape = layoutShape->GetBasePlaceholder();
System::ArrayPtr<System::SharedPtr<IEffect>> masterShapeEffects = slide->get_LayoutSlide()->get_MasterSlide()->get_Timeline()->get_MainSequence()->GetEffectsByShape(masterShape);

See Also

AddPlaceholder() GetThumbnail()