So, I know it's late; however, I know that others should have similar questions.
I contacted Microsoft about this, and it took them about a month or so, but they finally got me an answer. I have a zip to solve . It is quite extensive, look below only for simple source code.
First, a few instructions:
1) Create a PowerPoint presentation and paste some files into it (video, mp3, zip, etc.)
2) Save the file in the following location. C: \ Temp \ Temp.pptx
3) Close the file
4) Create a folder "GeneratedFiles" under "C: \ Temp"
5) Open the application and run it.
Thus, the only drawback is that the PPTX file must be closed. In this case, one could copy the opened PPTX file to another location, and then extract the files from this location, rather than the PPTX on which it actually works. Then just delete the temporary one. We will see. It is as close as possible to this decision.
Without further adieu:
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.IO.Packaging; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.IO; namespace ExtractOLEPowerPoint { class Program { #region IEnumSTATSTG [ComImport] [Guid("0000000d-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")] [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)] public interface IEnumSTATSTG { // The user needs to allocate an STATSTG array whose size is celt. [PreserveSig] uint Next(uint celt, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray), Out] System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG[] rgelt, out uint pceltFetched); void Skip(uint celt); void Reset(); [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] IEnumSTATSTG Clone(); } #endregion //#region IStream //[ComImport, Guid("0000000c-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)] //public interface IStream //{ // void Read([Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 1)] byte[] pv, uint cb, out uint pcbRead); // void Write([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 1)] byte[] pv, uint cb, out uint pcbWritten); // void Seek(long dlibMove, uint dwOrigin, out long plibNewPosition); // void SetSize(long libNewSize); // void CopyTo(IStream pstm, long cb, out long pcbRead, out long pcbWritten); // void Commit(uint grfCommitFlags); // void Revert(); // void LockRegion(long libOffset, long cb, uint dwLockType); // void UnlockRegion(long libOffset, long cb, uint dwLockType); // void Stat(out STATSTG pstatstg, uint grfStatFlag); // void Clone(out IStream ppstm); //} //#endregion #region STATFLAG [Flags] public enum STATFLAG : uint { STATFLAG_DEFAULT = 0, STATFLAG_NONAME = 1, STATFLAG_NOOPEN = 2 } #endregion #region IStorage [ComImport] [Guid("0000000b-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")] [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)] interface IStorage { void CreateStream( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [in] */ uint grfMode, /* [in] */ uint reserved1, /* [in] */ uint reserved2, /* [out] */ out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream ppstm); void OpenStream( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [unique][in] */ IntPtr reserved1, /* [in] */ uint grfMode, /* [in] */ uint reserved2, /* [out] */ out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream ppstm); void CreateStorage( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [in] */ uint grfMode, /* [in] */ uint reserved1, /* [in] */ uint reserved2, /* [out] */ out IStorage ppstg); void OpenStorage( /* [string][unique][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [unique][in] */ IStorage pstgPriority, /* [in] */ uint grfMode, /* [unique][in] */ IntPtr snbExclude, /* [in] */ uint reserved, /* [out] */ out IStorage ppstg); void CopyTo( /* [in] */ uint ciidExclude, /* [size_is][unique][in] */ Guid rgiidExclude, // should this be an array? /* [unique][in] */ IntPtr snbExclude, /* [unique][in] */ IStorage pstgDest); void MoveElementTo( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [unique][in] */ IStorage pstgDest, /* [string][in] */ string pwcsNewName, /* [in] */ uint grfFlags); void Commit( /* [in] */ uint grfCommitFlags); void Revert(); void EnumElements( /* [in] */ uint reserved1, /* [size_is][unique][in] */ IntPtr reserved2, /* [in] */ uint reserved3, /* [out] */ out IEnumSTATSTG ppenum); void DestroyElement( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsName); void RenameElement( /* [string][in] */ string pwcsOldName, /* [string][in] */ string pwcsNewName); void SetElementTimes( /* [string][unique][in] */ string pwcsName, /* [unique][in] */ System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME pctime, /* [unique][in] */ System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME patime, /* [unique][in] */ System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME pmtime); void SetClass( /* [in] */ Guid clsid); void SetStateBits( /* [in] */ uint grfStateBits, /* [in] */ uint grfMask); void Stat( /* [out] */ out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG pstatstg, /* [in] */ uint grfStatFlag); } #endregion #region STGM [Flags] public enum STGM : int { DIRECT = 0x00000000, TRANSACTED = 0x00010000, SIMPLE = 0x08000000, READ = 0x00000000, WRITE = 0x00000001, READWRITE = 0x00000002, SHARE_DENY_NONE = 0x00000040, SHARE_DENY_READ = 0x00000030, SHARE_DENY_WRITE = 0x00000020, SHARE_EXCLUSIVE = 0x00000010, PRIORITY = 0x00040000, DELETEONRELEASE = 0x04000000, NOSCRATCH = 0x00100000, CREATE = 0x00001000, CONVERT = 0x00020000, FAILIFTHERE = 0x00000000, NOSNAPSHOT = 0x00200000, DIRECT_SWMR = 0x00400000, } #endregion #region StgIsStorageFile [DllImport("Ole32.dll")] static extern int StgIsStorageFile([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string filename); #endregion #region StgOpenStorage [DllImport("Ole32.dll")] static extern int StgOpenStorage([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string pwcsName, IStorage pstgPriority, STGM grfmode, IntPtr snbExclude, uint researved, out IStorage ppstgOpen); #endregion static void Main(string[] args) { Package pkg = Package.Open("C:\\Temp\\Temp.pptx"); foreach (PackagePart pkgprt in pkg.GetParts()) { if(pkgprt.Uri.ToString().StartsWith("/ppt/embeddings/")) { System.IO.Stream strm = pkgprt.GetStream(); byte[] buffer = new byte[strm.Length]; strm.Read(buffer, 0, (int)strm.Length); strm.Close(); // Create a temporary file string targetFile = "C:\\Temp\\GeneratedFiles\\" + pkgprt.Uri.ToString().Remove(0, "/ppt/embeddings/".Length); System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(targetFile, buffer); // Extract the contents. IStorage Is; StgOpenStorage(targetFile, null, STGM.READWRITE | STGM.SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, IntPtr.Zero, 0, out Is); ProcessPackage(Is); // Need to release the IStorage object and call GC.Collect() to free the object Marshal.ReleaseComObject(Is); Is = null; GC.Collect(); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); // Delete the temporary binary file extracted File.Delete(targetFile); } } } static void ProcessPackage(IStorage pStg) { System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IStream pStream; IEnumSTATSTG pEnumStatStg; uint numReturned; pStg.EnumElements(0, IntPtr.Zero, 0, out pEnumStatStg); System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG[] ss = new System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG[1]; // Loop through the STATSTG structures in the storage. do { // Retrieve the STATSTG structure pEnumStatStg.Next(1, ss, out numReturned); if (numReturned != 0) { //System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG statstm; byte[] bytT = new byte[4]; // Check if the pwcsName contains "Ole10Native" stream which contain the actual embedded object if (ss[0].pwcsName.Contains("Ole10Native") == true) { // Get the stream objectOpen the stream pStg.OpenStream(ss[0].pwcsName, IntPtr.Zero, (uint)STGM.READ | (uint)STGM.SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, 0, out pStream); //pStream.Stat(out statstm, (int) STATFLAG.STATFLAG_DEFAULT); IntPtr position = IntPtr.Zero; // File name starts from 7th Byte. // Position the cursor to the 7th Byte. pStream.Seek(6, 0, position); IntPtr ulRead = new IntPtr(); char[] filename = new char[260]; int i; // Read the File name of the embedded object for (i = 0; i < 260; i++) { pStream.Read(bytT, 1, ulRead); pStream.Seek(0, 1, position); filename[i] = (char)bytT[0]; if (bytT[0] == 0) { break; } } string path = new string(filename, 0, i); // Next part is the source path of the embedded object. // Length is unknown. Hence, loop through each byte to read the 0 terminated string // Read the source path. for (i = 0; i < 260; i++) { pStream.Read(bytT, 1, ulRead); pStream.Seek(0, 1, position); filename[i] = (char)bytT[0]; if (bytT[0] == 0) { break; } } // Source File path string fullpath = new string(filename, 0, i); // Unknown 4 bytes pStream.Seek(4, 1, position); // Next 4 byte gives the length of the temporary file path // (Office uses a temporary location to copy the files before inserting to the document) // The length is in little endian format. Hence conversion is needed pStream.Read(bytT, 4, ulRead); ulong dwSize, dwTemp; dwSize = 0; dwTemp = (ulong)bytT[3]; dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[3] << 24); dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[2] << 16); dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[1] << 8); dwSize += bytT[0]; // Skip the temporary file path pStream.Seek((long)dwSize, 1, position); // Next four bytes gives the size of the actual data in little endian format. // Convert the format. pStream.Read(bytT, 4, ulRead); dwTemp = 0; dwSize = 0; dwTemp = (ulong)bytT[3]; dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[3] << 24); dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[2] << 16); dwSize += (ulong)(bytT[1] << 8); dwSize += (ulong)bytT[0]; // Read the actual file content byte[] byData = new byte[dwSize]; pStream.Read(byData, (int)dwSize, ulRead); // Create the file System.IO.BinaryWriter bWriter = new System.IO.BinaryWriter(System.IO.File.Open("C:\\temp\\GeneratedFiles\\" + path, System.IO.FileMode.Create)); bWriter.Write(byData); bWriter.Close(); } } } while (numReturned > 0); } } }