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Using OLE to get text out of Powerpoint

I am trying to use Win32::OLE to get a list of slides and their titles from the current presentation. So far I can get my $powerpoint = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Powerpoint.Application') my $ap = $$powerpoint { ActivePresentation } ; my $slides = $$ap { slides } ; But $slides only has properties Application Count Pare...

Detect PowerPoint version

Is it possible to detect the version of a powerpoint(PowerPointXP etc) file? ...

Delphi and PowerPoint

Hello everyone I noticed that when I install Delphi(6,7,2000,2010), I have the option to install powerpoint control(com) related the Delphi. I hope to know, if the version of PowerPoint has any limitation. For example, PowerPoint 97 can not open the file PowerPoint XP? or is there a way for Delphi can open and play any version of Power...

PowerPoint 2007 - How to use Application.NewPresentation event handler?

Hi, so I've found that PowerPoint 2007 does indeed support event handlers on the Application level. For example Application.NewPresentation or even Application.AfterNewPresentation It's described here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff745073.aspx But the real question is, how do I use these? Where do I use them? To tell you my ...

PowerPoint Programmatically find and delete animation/effect

I have programmatically (VSTO) added animations to the PowerPoint slide using the following code activeSlide.TimeLine.InteractiveSequences.Add().AddTriggerEffect( textBox2, MsoAnimEffect.msoAnimEffectFade, MsoAnimTriggerType.msoAnimTriggerOnMediaBookmark, selectedShape, "Bookmark A", M...

Merging Cells with Apache POI for PowerPoint (HSLF)

Hi I was wondering if it was possible to merge cells using Table/TableCell for Powerpoint (like colspan in HTML), similar to this example for Excel http://poi.apache.org/spreadsheet/quick-guide.html#MergedCells Thanks! ...

Play embeded mp4 movie in PowerPoint slide in Java

Hi, I have a Java Swing app which I would like to embed a PowerPoint viewer that can play PowerPoint slide containing mp4 movie file. I have tried using the Office Bean from Open Office. But it doesn't play mp4 file. Does anyone know if there is a Java component that can play a PowerPoint slide that contains mp4 movie file? Thanks...

How to generate a ppt file from my C++ program (Linux)

Possible Duplicate: How can I programmatically create PowerPoint presentations. On Linux. For Free. hello, do anyone know how to generate a PPT file (powerpoint) from a simple C++ program?? i have the Idea, but i really dont know the "How To". I installed openoffice SDK, and i know that openoffice exports to *.ppt format. T...

Need to create ChartObject in PowerPoint based on the C# chart control

Hello! I'm creating a variety of graphs within my application which are based on the .Net Chart control (using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting). What I'm trying to do is to allow users to copy these charts to Power Point in the "native" format, i.e. to enable them to paste special in PP and see "Microsoft Office Graphic ...

ASP.NET: Download Powerpoint file with Save as....

I'm generating a PowerPoint file using this as reference. A user can search other users based on many criterias. Information based on the user is saved in the PowerPoint file. But I can't save all PowerPoint files on the server. So, the user needs to right click a link, choose "Save as", and save the file locally. Nothing should be s...

Looking for Aspose .NET Slides Alternatives

I'm developing an ASP .NET web site that will allow users to view and print Microsoft PowerPoint slides. Right away, I knew that Aspose had a product that would likely allow me to do this. What I'd like to do is look at alternatives just to say to management, "Yes, I've looked at the alternatives and they are...." I can't seem to fi...

Exchanging variables between powerpoint and excel VBA

I have a powerpoint pres that grabs some data from an excel sheet when a button is pressed. Set EXL = New Excel.Application EXL.Visible = False Dim XLApp As Excel.Application Set XLApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") This is how I set the new excel application. What I'm wondering is how I can send over a variable from my powerpo...

How to start a Powerpoint 2010 Slideshow using VSTO Addin

Is it possible to start a slideshow from a Powerpoint 2010 add-in? ...

How to get value from textfield in powerpoint into excel?

How could this be done? The powerpoint application is running and the textfield i want to get the value from is on slide3. I've tried this without any success: Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application Set PPApp = GetObject(, "PowerPoint.Application") Range("A20").Value = PPApp.Presentation.Slide3.txtMyTextField.Value Anyone know the rig...

Powerpoint Table, rows and cells...

Hello, I have this table in PPT and I go to check cells dimensions in this way: foreach (Row r in table.Rows) { //loop rows in table foreach (Cell c in r.Cells) { //loop cells in row String cellText = c.Shape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text; float cellWidth = c.Shape.Width; Cons...

PowerPoint 2010 VSTO Question

How do I go next/previos slide from within the addin ...

Programmatically extracting slides as images from a Powerpoint presentation (.PPT)

Given a Powerpoint presentation in .ppt format, what is the best way to programmatically and using only open source software extract an image representation (in say .jpg or .png) of each slide in the presentation? The application will run in a Linux server environment, so installing Microsoft Office or Keynote is not an option. The fun...

How to control an office 2010 PowerPoint presentation remotely using an android application?

Hello,I want to write an Android remote control application that allows people to navigate back and forth on a PowerPoint slideshow presentation in Microsoft Office (preferably 2007/2010) on my PC. In this case, I have to make a small PowerPoint navigation client on the Android, and also I have create a PC server to access Microsoft Offi...

How to copy cell range as table from excel to powerpoint - VBA

I cant find any way to do this. What I have now is that it copy the range as an image: Dim XLApp As Excel.Application Dim PPSlide As Slide Set XLApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLApp.Range("A1:B17").Select XLApp.Selection.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture PPSlide.Shapes.Paste.Select this works like a charm, b...

How to copy cell range as table from excel to powerpoint - VBA

I cant find any way to do this. What I have now is that it copy the range as an image: Dim XLApp As Excel.Application Dim PPSlide As Slide Set XLApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLApp.Range("A1:B17").Select XLApp.Selection.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture PPSlide.Shapes.Paste.Select this works like a char...