PowerPoint Automation

[Bruce Vander Werf]

Hi,

I am trying to automate the display of a slide show in Powerpoint:

1) In my application, I have Next and Previous buttons, and a current
slide and total slides indicator. I want to disable the Previous
button if I am on the first slide, and disable the Next button if I am
on the last slide. This all works great as long as their is no
animation.

For example, if I base this behavior on the slide number, the Next
button is disabled when the last slide is displayed, even though there
may be additional elements of that slide that need a "next slide" to
display.

What I am looking for is the ability to not only enumerate slides but
also to enumerate elements within slides. Is this possible?

2) How do I launch the Powerpoint file in a way in which only the
actual slide show display is visible? (I don't want to see the
application window or the slide show "document" window.)

3) Is it possible to get representations of the slides in a
presentation that can be displayed as miniatures in my application (a
preview view of sorts)?

4) How do I duplicate the behavior of choosing to display the slide
show on the secondary monitor?

Thanks...

-Bruce

 

[assaf]

hi bruce.

i noticed that we are both trying to do very similar things.
did u ever accomplish the preview u sought?

my problem is that i am trying to display the power point
presentation in my window.
however, i would like to stretch it to fit into my window.
currently, the presetnation is as big as the screen is!
it is as if the powerpoint thinks that it is in full screen,
even though it is displaying inside my application window.
how can i tell the presentation to display in a certain rectangle?


assaf


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Vander Werf" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.office.developer.automation
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: PowerPoint Automation