Powerpoint table creation (vc++)

[Rodger Fromm]

I am currently integrating powerpoint into an application(using vc++ 6 and
Powerpoint 2002, using the msppt.olb) to auto creat a powerpoint file, i am
having one problem though. I have managed to creat the new file, add text
only slides, add text and picture slides(custome graphs), and i have been
able to create new tables. but i can not figure out how to insert tect into
the cells of the slides.
this is where i am at:
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_Slide slide1(SlideSet.Add(Position, 11));
Shapes shapes(slide1.GetShapes());
Shape shape(shapes.Item(COleVariant((long)(1))));
TextFrame textFrame(shape.GetTextFrame());
TextRange textRange(textFrame.GetTextRange());
textRange.SetText(DataArr.GetAt(0));//DataArr is my CStringArray

Shape shape2(shapes.AddTable(8,4,100,100,550,400));
Table grid(shape2.GetTable());
....
This is where my problem is. the table creates, but i have been trying to
do everything to get text into the cells of the table, but i can not figure
it out.
Oh how i wish the cell had a set text function

Any help would be more then apreciated, even if it is a recomendation of a
book

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

A crude quick shot at it in VBA:

Dim x as Long
Dim y as long
Dim oSh as Table

' Get a reference to the currently selected table
' You'll want to do this differently of course
Set oSh=ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1).Table

For x = 1 to oSh.Rows.Count
For y = 1 to oSh.Columns.Count
oSh.Cell(x,y).Shape.TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "HI!"
Next
Next

 

[Rodger Fromm]

Well strangly, something clicked when i read that, though in vc++ it has to
be done a more insane way, but from this, i did figure out what i needed. I
had to do it this way:
Shape shape2(shapes.AddTable(3,3,100,100,550,400));
Table grid(shape2.GetTable());
for (i=1; i<4;i++)
{
for (j=1;j<4;j++)
{
Cell mycell(grid.Cell(i,j));
Shape shape3(mycell.GetShape());
TextFrame textFrame2(shape3.GetTextFrame());
TextRange textRange2(textFrame2.GetTextRange());
textRange2.SetText(DataArr.GetAt(count));
count++;
}
}

All that just to put data in a cell, oh well, i will only have to write it
once.
thanks again.

Rodger

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

All that just to put data in a cell, oh well, i will only have to write it

once.

And it probably runs REAL fast. <g>

 

[Rodger Fromm]

Oh it deffinatly runs fast, especially if you do not open up the GUI and just
run in the background, will be seeing how fast it really is next week when i
have an app throw 100 slides worth of data at it and see how long it is till
the file is created.

Rodger Fromm