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Reading PowerPoint Presentation with External Video Causes PptxReadException

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 !

@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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