PowerPoint: Cannot Set SourceFullName in Office 2007?

[Joel]

I have code that works perfectly well in Office 2003 but no longer works in
Office 2007. The code attempts to set the source file name of a movie clip
object. In other versions of Office I simply set the SourceFullName of the
LinkTarget object but in Office 2007 an exception is generated.

Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
LinkFormat.SourceFullName : Failed

The target file does exist and I have tried setting the property to the full
path and a relative path.

Here is the test code I am using...

For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each sh In sld.Shapes
If sh.Type = msoMedia Then
MsgBox sh.LinkFormat.SourceFullName <-- displays correct path
sh.LinkFormat.SourceFullName = "C:\Temp\File.MPG" <-- throws an
exception
End If
Next
Next

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?Sm9lbA==?=,

I have code that works perfectly well in Office 2003 but no longer works in
Office 2007. The code attempts to set the source file name of a movie clip
object. In other versions of Office I simply set the SourceFullName of the
LinkTarget object but in Office 2007 an exception is generated.

Run-time error '-2147467259 (80004005)':
LinkFormat.SourceFullName : Failed

Since you haven't gotten a response here, try asking in the powerpoint
newsgroup. The specialists there have the best idea what's changed and how to
work around any problems.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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