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Breakpoints cause PowerPoint 2003 Add-In to crash

I am writing an Add-in for Powerpoint 2003 using Visual Studio 2008. I created it by selecting "New Project" in Visual Studio, then choosing the "PowerPoint 2003 Add-in" project template. I added a simple menu to PowerPoint which opens a simple windows-form. If I put a breakpoint into the Add-in code which creates the menu (code which...

PowerPoint 2007 - Automatic layout for inserted objects check box

Why don't I have an Apply as you work check box for "Automatic layout for inserted objects" in the AutoCorrect dialog box of of PowerPoint 2007? What I would really like is to turn it off\on programmatically. This code doesn't seem to do it: Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.AutoCorrect.DisplayAutoLayoutOptions = false; ...

Microsoft Powerpoint Python Parser

I am looking for a python based microsoft office parser - specifically powerpoint. I want to be able to parse PPT in python and extract things like text and images from the powerpoint file. Is there a library available? ...

Extract all images from PowerPoint using COM

How do I extract all the images from a PowerPoint file programatically using COM? ...

How to determine a placeholder is in use?

Given a slide how can one figure out if all the slide layout placeholders are in use in PowerPoint? Can one prevent auto usage of a placeholder when adding a picture if that placeholder is not in use? ...

Can someone suggest me something for power point slide designer tutorial ???

Hi, In my office i need to develop power point slides for our clients. The slide consist of charts or table, populated by data retrieved from database. Right now we use reportive software for this software. But can you name anymore software that'll do the same ? Or can you suggest me a step by step tutorial on how to create slide usi...

The event can’t be captured while the context menu is out of panel’s range

I'm developing a PowerPoint plugin with VSTO now, I use WPF as a PowerPoint's panel, like this: http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/th.5a91c11d17.png of curse,that's a built-in panel in PowerPoint. but in my custom panel, If I click at A, the mouse event can be captured, but click at B, the mouse event can not be captured. any...

Application.Quit() method failing to clear process

I've seen a lot of posts returned from a Google search about this, but none of the solutions referenced in them clear this up for me. So, I thought I'd try myself. After this block of code: PowerPoint.Application powerPoint = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Application(); powerPoint.Visible = Office.MsoTriState.msoTrue; Micros...

Call subroutine when a specific slide loads, or on a timer

I'm working with a PowerPoint 2003 presentation for a kiosk display, and it is left running pretty much 24/7. One slide on it has the weather, the current date, and the 7 day forecast. I've already written the subs that will update the weather from an Excel workbook, and update the dates displayed, but right now I have to manually upda...

Title in POI created PowerPoint slide not preserving formatting when copying

Hello, I'm creating a PowerPoint slide using POI and I need to be able to copy and paste it to another presentation. I'm running into a problem where the title of the generated slide adopts a bulleted list style when copying it. Any ideas on how can I fix this? I tried both the production version (3.6-20091214) and the beta version (...

how can i embed a powerpoint slide into a webpage

is there any clean way of doing this that works in all browsers? ...

Schedule a subroutine to start at a specific time

I'm trying to find out if there is an equivalent of Excel's OnTime event for PowerPoint 2003; I would like to call a subroutine at a specific time of day. ...

Is UpgradeMedia Function of PowerPoint 2010 Customizable?

I'm looking at the UpgradeMedia new function in PowerPoint 2010 VBA and want to know if there are any details available about 1. Is it customizable (the output) and 2. What exact media it will upgrade. I haven't found too many details on it, does anyone have any? ...

Convert PowerPoint 2007/2010 file formats to svg using pptx4j in Java

In my Java project I am working on PowerPoint 2007/2010 file format so I am Using pptx4j open source project. However, I don't know how to convert PowerPoint 2007/2010 file formats to an SVG file. Can anybody help me? ...

Save Excel 2007 data to a new PowerPoint presentation

I've looked through many topics and have yet to find a reliable answer to what I need, so here goes: I'm looking to take multiple Excel sheets from a (.xlsx) document containing both tables and graphs, and embed the specified data in a new PowerPoint (.pptx) document using C# (VS 2010) If you have any information on the topic or can po...

PowerPoint VBA - Paste Special (Enhanced Metafile) bug

I am using a macro in PowerPoint 2003 SP3 to find a specified chart in an Excel workbook, copy it, and then paste it into the current slide as an Enhanced Metafile with, ultimately, the following line of code: Application.ActiveWindow.View.PasteSpecial DataType:=ppPasteEnhancedMetafile As often as it works, I also receive the following...

Where can I learn more about the PowerPoint 2010 file format?

Where can I find the PowerPoint file format definition, like the header/XML/directory structure? ...

VBA vs VSTO for excel to powerpoint

I'm currently considering a number of options for copying an excel sheet into a powerpoint presentation. Using VBA select a excel sheet, copy the range and place it into a newly created powerpoint slide as an image. I create excel automated html of a sheet, once that html is saved(initially), i create an image off of the html. Using VS...

Inject Open XML into an Open PowerPoint Presentation

I'm looking for a way to inject PresentationML and/or DrawingML into an open PowerPoint 2007/2010 presentation using the Open XML SDK or just System.IO.Packaging. There is an article on doing this with Word, but in that example it is using the Range.XML routine in Word's object model, which I cannot find an equivalant for in PowerPoint's...

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll PowerPoint CustomDocumentProperties big problem

Hi ! I have application which can export slides to PowerPoint. I'm using Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll . This is the 11th version of assembly. I have ran application today and it seems that application throws an exception (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG)). It only throws this exception when there is powerpoin...