Reading PowerPoint Presentation with External Video Causes PptxReadException

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hi Andrey

Cannot open a PPTX when a video is inserted from physical link path containing illegal characters for Windows such as \ / : * ? " < > |

Error message:
Illegal characters in path

code:

using (var stream = new FileStream(ppt, FileMode.Open))
{
    Aspose.Slides.Presentation presentation = null;
    try
    {
        presentation = new Aspose.Slides.Presentation(stream, loadOptions);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        WriteLog("Cannot open PPTX file: " + ex.Message, LogType.error);
    }
}

file: (please delete after usage !)

Thank you !

2

@pcaillol,
Thank you for reporting the issue. I reproduced the problem with reading the PowerPoint presentation.

We have opened the following new ticket(s) in our internal issue tracking system and will deliver their fixes according to the terms mentioned in Free Support Policies.

Issue ID(s): SLIDESNET-43797

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The issues you found earlier (filed as SLIDESNET-43797) have been fixed in Aspose.Slides for .NET 23.4 (ZIP, MSI).
You can check all fixes on the Release Notes page.
You can also find the latest version of our library on the Product Download page.