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PHP xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx headers

Here is my code where I am trying to send a correct header depedning on a type of a document. I figured out the headers for pdf, doc and docx but I still need to know correct header for Excel and Powerpoint files. Any help appreciated. $document = urldecode($_GET['document']); $extension = end(explode('.', $document)); $m...

solution to perform lots of calculations on 3 million data points and make charts

i have an excel spreadsheet that is about 300,000 rows and about 100 columns i need to perform various functions on this spreadsheet and out of this spreadsheet i need to create about 3000 other spreadsheets which are SIGNIFICANTLY smaller for every created spreadsheet i will need to have a separate powerpoint file that will have an au...

How to convert ppt to images in Ruby?

Hello, I'm using Ruby for displaying the contents of powerpoint files in a webpage. I've found solutions using the win32ole but I'm in the linux environment and it doesn't work. I think the application could trigger a openoffice command for conversion. ...

Programmatically add an image to a PowerPoint file

Is there a way to programmatically add an image to a PowerPoint file? Create the file, open the file Add the image Close the file I need to do this to about 1000 PowerPoint files. ...

Extracting comments from a PowerPoint presentation using VBA

I have a PowerPoint which contains around 50 slides. Each slide might have 1 or more comments provided by the reviwer (done using insert->comment menu). I am trying to get the comments programatically exported into a text file using this VBA code: Sub ConvertComments() ''# Converts new-style comments to old Dim oSl As ...

Powerpoint chart created in Aspose is not very clear.

Hi, I am using Aspose for reading a powerpoint as a tempate and creating a new powerpoint as a report. In the template power point I read the chart and populate the data for the chart. But in the report powerpoint, thechart is fuzzy and is not very clear. But when I edit the chart and save it( I donot change any values or properties )...

PowerPoint: How to get the current slide in multi-selected slides?

I selected multi-slides in the current presentation, But I want to get the slide which in the current document view. I tried to use the following code for getting the slide, Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveWindow.View.Slide But it failed, I still got the first slide in the selected slides. Any suggestion? ...

Is there a way to add an image into slide thumbnail only in PowerPoint

I want to add an image to the slide thumbnail in left panel, but it should not show in the Slide. I found the following code to add image to slide: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Shape viShape = slide.Shapes.AddPicture( lockImgFile, Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoFalse , Microsoft.Office.C...

shape.Parent doesn't return Slide

In most cases shape.Parent is the slide that contains the shape. However, if you try to delete a a group and then press on undo (the shapes will reappear) but the child shapes will throw exception for both .Parent and .ParentGroup. How can I find out the slide ID of a shape in the case above? ...

using python to add images to powerpoint files

has anyone used python to add images to powerpoint 2007 files? can someone please help me get started with this ...

Programmatically play the sound of a shape in PowerPoint

I am working on a PowerPoint 2007 VSTO add-in, and I am running in a small issue. The add-in adds sounds to the current slide using the following code: var shape = slide.Shapes.AddMediaObject(soundFileLocation, 50, 50, 20, 20); The resulting shape does have a sound, and can be played through the PowerPoint slide. My problem is that, g...

How can I use a link to open file automatically instead of showing open save dialog?

I am trying to open a PPT file. I don't want to show the Save As dialog. I instead just want to open the file immediately on click. How can this be done? ...

Permission Denied Error During Update of a Local MSOffice Add-In from Network

I am attempting to write a procedure in PowerPoint 2003 that will allow automatic updating of an installed add-in. The general process is as follows: Uninstall the add-in For Each objAddIn In Application.AddIns If UCase(objAddIn.Name) = UCase(AddInName) Then With objAddIn .Registered = msoFalse .Auto...

Symbolic Link PowerPoint Slides

Is there a way to setup a series of PowerPoint presentations, say in the same folder, then setup one master powerpoint that when presented will import the slides in the folder to form one slideshow? We, like many offices have slides that need to be updated by about a dozen people in the same hour, and I'm wondering if there isn't an ea...

Modifying a chart in powerpoint manually

I have a .net 2.0 application running in IIS, I need to create a single PPTX file containing a chart which I will have to edit dynamically. I thought the easiest way is to edit the pptx file manually, however editing the inner xlsx file manually does not show the proper data when opening it in powerpoint.(Perhaps the data is cached some...

Exporting an Image from a WinForms application to PowerPoint with transparency

I've been having trouble pasting an image from my application into PowerPoint, while preserving transparency. I have an image stored as a System.Drawing.Graphics type which I then convert to a System.Drawing.Bitmap type and copy to the clipboard. During this process I also use Bitmap.MakeTransparent(Color.Black) so that everything in the...

Configure PowerPoint using interop API

Hello. I am using powerpoint interop API to open a slideshow from a new instance of PowerPoint (in this case, PowerPoint 2007). In my app, I need to avoid the mouse changing the slide or showing up the right-click menu, so I manually configured that in PowerPoint. What I did: 1.- For left click I went to "Animations">"Advance slide" ...

How to covert PowerPoint to video or flash in php

How to covert PowerPoint to video or flash in php? Or how would I call a process like this in unix Thanks! ...

How to show Enterprise Architect diagrams in Power Point in an appealing way?

I create my diagrams in Enterprise Architect. Sometimes I need to embed them in Power Point presentations but it does not look good in the UI as it would if I would write them there from scratch. Is there a way to do it nicely? Which tools would you recommend to manage a long persisting architecture and also present it nicely in present...

Does anyone have an example of Apache POI converting PPTX to PNG

Hi Does anyone know of a good example of converting a PPTX powerpoint presentation to some form of image? PNG/GIF/etc? I can do it for a PPT but looking for a PPTX conversion example Thanks ...