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VBA with Powerpoint
There are lots of books for VBA with word access and ecel, but none for
powerpoint. I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups. Desmond. |
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Desmond,
To the best of my knowledge, this is the only book specifically about vba and powerpoint Powerful powerpoint http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ more reading Where can I learn more about VBA programming in PowerPoint? http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00032.htm Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp awesome - powerpoint backgrounds, free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com "Desmond" wrote in message ... There are lots of books for VBA with word access and ecel, but none for powerpoint. I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups. Desmond. |
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I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using
a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups Except this one. But you got lucky. ;-) Sure, this is possible. Let's start with how far you've gotten and where you need to be. Have you already worked out how to fire off an instance of PPT from VB and control it? If so, all you need is a few lines of code to add to your project. Next, do you need to go to a specific slide in slide show view or in regular edit view? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Thanks for your help. about 3 years ago I had do a project using Access. for
a catalouge company. a stats retreval. I used VB to open a word document and create a large table of data. A long time ago and I still have the original code somewhere. To create an instance of the object and use it. I have never done this in PPT. All I want is a mini graphical song board of tunes and by clicking on the correct one get powerpoint (all ready running) to jump to 101 and get the windows focus (for key and mouse input back in control) Thanks Desmond "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups Except this one. But you got lucky. ;-) Sure, this is possible. Let's start with how far you've gotten and where you need to be. Have you already worked out how to fire off an instance of PPT from VB and control it? If so, all you need is a few lines of code to add to your project. Next, do you need to go to a specific slide in slide show view or in regular edit view? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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In article , Desmond wrote:
Thanks for your help. about 3 years ago I had do a project using Access. for a catalouge company. a stats retreval. I used VB to open a word document and create a large table of data. A long time ago and I still have the original code somewhere. To create an instance of the object and use it. I have never done this in PPT. All I want is a mini graphical song board of tunes and by clicking on the correct one get powerpoint (all ready running) to jump to 101 and get the windows focus (for key and mouse input back in control) Again, is Powerpoint going to be running in edit or show mode? Thanks Desmond "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups Except this one. But you got lucky. ;-) Sure, this is possible. Let's start with how far you've gotten and where you need to be. Have you already worked out how to fire off an instance of PPT from VB and control it? If so, all you need is a few lines of code to add to your project. Next, do you need to go to a specific slide in slide show view or in regular edit view? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Powerpoint will not be in edit mode it will be running in slide show mode. I
want to show slides 1 to 4 of a song using the kepord keys then jump to another song which could be slides 602 to 608. There for a simple vb aplication with 4 text boxes holding the 4 starting places could be used to force powerpoint to the next group of slides. And regaining the focus for the keyboard again. Desmond. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article , Desmond wrote: Thanks for your help. about 3 years ago I had do a project using Access. for a catalouge company. a stats retreval. I used VB to open a word document and create a large table of data. A long time ago and I still have the original code somewhere. To create an instance of the object and use it. I have never done this in PPT. All I want is a mini graphical song board of tunes and by clicking on the correct one get powerpoint (all ready running) to jump to 101 and get the windows focus (for key and mouse input back in control) Again, is Powerpoint going to be running in edit or show mode? Thanks Desmond "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups Except this one. But you got lucky. ;-) Sure, this is possible. Let's start with how far you've gotten and where you need to be. Have you already worked out how to fire off an instance of PPT from VB and control it? If so, all you need is a few lines of code to add to your project. Next, do you need to go to a specific slide in slide show view or in regular edit view? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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Desmond,
We do a lot of controlling of PPT from other Office apps woithout many problems. Everything you are looking for is probably available from the Access VBE, assuming you have PPT version that is exposed to events, This is not the easiest of code to write but is also not that hard for an experieced VB/VBA programmer. PPT only exposes events, unlike what we are used to in other Office apps in a funny way. See Shyam Pillai's web site, or the PPTFAQ.com page and search on Events to see how to do this. You could also google on PowerPoint Events (I would bet) to get may links. Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP |
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In article , Desmond wrote:
Powerpoint will not be in edit mode it will be running in slide show mode. I want to show slides 1 to 4 of a song using the kepord keys then jump to another song which could be slides 602 to 608. There for a simple vb aplication with 4 text boxes holding the 4 starting places could be used to force powerpoint to the next group of slides. And regaining the focus for the keyboard again. Assuming you have a reference to the PPT application in oPPTApp: oPPTApp.ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Go ToSlide(X) where X is the index of the slide you want to jump to. Desmond. "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: In article , Desmond wrote: Thanks for your help. about 3 years ago I had do a project using Access. for a catalouge company. a stats retreval. I used VB to open a word document and create a large table of data. A long time ago and I still have the original code somewhere. To create an instance of the object and use it. I have never done this in PPT. All I want is a mini graphical song board of tunes and by clicking on the correct one get powerpoint (all ready running) to jump to 101 and get the windows focus (for key and mouse input back in control) Again, is Powerpoint going to be running in edit or show mode? Thanks Desmond "Steve Rindsberg" wrote: I need to controll powerpoint by forcing it to jump to specified pages using a stand alone VB application. Is this possible. I have exausted all known newsgroups Except this one. But you got lucky. ;-) Sure, this is possible. Let's start with how far you've gotten and where you need to be. Have you already worked out how to fire off an instance of PPT from VB and control it? If so, all you need is a few lines of code to add to your project. Next, do you need to go to a specific slide in slide show view or in regular edit view? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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