Powerpoint 2007 cell shape properties missing

[MHab]

In PowerPoint 2007 (I checked this under Vista), many of cell shape
properties are missing (I need tags). Reading or writing to them cause an
exception "Object doesn't support this action" in VBA and "The method or
operation is not implemented" under C#. Google the internet with string
<PowerPoint 2007 shape "Object doesn't support this action"> display many
discussions about this. Is there a workaround for this problem? Is there a
project to correct this (according to documentation)?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

In PowerPoint 2007 (I checked this under Vista), many of cell shape
properties are missing (I need tags). Reading or writing to them cause an
exception "Object doesn't support this action" in VBA and "The method or
operation is not implemented" under C#. Google the internet with string
<PowerPoint 2007 shape "Object doesn't support this action"> display many
discussions about this. Is there a workaround for this problem? Is there a
project to correct this (according to documentation)?

Known bug, no known general workaround.

But in your case (tags) you could probably work around it by applying tags to
the table object that contains the cells; the tag name would indicate which
cell you're referring to:

.Tags.Add "3|5", "This is the tag value for the cell at Row 3, Column 5"

Or if you need more than one tag per cell:

.Tags.Add "3|5|Name", "This is the Name tag value for the cell at Row 3,
Column 5"

 

[MHab]

Thanks for your answer.

It is not a good solution for my case. Do you know if there is a project to
fix this?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for your answer.

It is not a good solution for my case. Do you know if there is a project to
fix this?

I know it's been reported as a bug; whether it'll be fixed or not, I don't
know. Like most others who answer questions here, I'm not an MS employee, so
I don't have access to that kind of information.

 

[MHab]

Do you know how can I get this information?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Do you know how can I get this information?

No, afraid not. I'd like to know too.