launching an application in vb to control powerpoint application
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:-Ohi, I need help regarding the following application. 1. The application should have a button - "Launch PowerPoint" - clicking it launches PP. 2. The application has a browse button to select only PP files. On clicking it, it brings up a file selection dialog in which only the PP files are enabled for selection. On selecting a file, it opens into PP. 3. The application has a "Play" button. On clicking this, the PP brings up the slide show. 4. The application has a "Next" button. On clicking this, the PP proceeds to the next slide in the presentation. 5. The application has a "Back" button. On clicking it, the PP goes back to the previous slide. 6. The application has a edit field which takes only numbers. A check box labeled "Custom Timing" enables or disables it. When enabled, the contents of the check box is taken as the time separation between the slide changes - if "Next" is not clicked by then. For e.g. if we enter 10 into the edit box while the PP is playing the slide show, then if we do not press "Next" for 10 seconds, PP displays the next slide automatically. This you do by changing the slide flow information of the presentation slides. Thanks and Regards to all of u out there Ramya.
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:-Ohi, I need help regarding the following application. 1. The application should have a button - "Launch PowerPoint" - clicking it launches PP. 2. The application has a browse button to select only PP files. On clicking it, it brings up a file selection dialog in which only the PP files are enabled for selection. On selecting a file, it opens into PP. 3. The application has a "Play" button. On clicking this, the PP brings up the slide show. 4. The application has a "Next" button. On clicking this, the PP proceeds to the next slide in the presentation. 5. The application has a "Back" button. On clicking it, the PP goes back to the previous slide. 6. The application has a edit field which takes only numbers. A check box labeled "Custom Timing" enables or disables it. When enabled, the contents of the check box is taken as the time separation between the slide changes - if "Next" is not clicked by then. For e.g. if we enter 10 into the edit box while the PP is playing the slide show, then if we do not press "Next" for 10 seconds, PP displays the next slide automatically. This you do by changing the slide flow information of the presentation slides. Thanks and Regards to all of u out there Ramya.
ALL of this functionality is already built into PowerPoint. Why would you want to "reinvent the wheel"? Basically, you'll be setting a reference to the Microsoft PowerPoint object Library and controlling it thru code. You can create your own Open dialog and pass that file on to the PowerPoint application object you create. Playing the slide show should be as simple as myPowerPointAppObject.Show(), or something to that effect. The only sticking point is going to be the timing box. You can implement the textbox that only takes numbers very easily, but your going to have to override the presentations built in timers to get the next slide to show up when you want. Basically, all the functionality you described can be done as part of the presentation itself. All you do in PowerPoint is hit F5 to start the presentation. Click a mouse button or hit any key to show the next slide... RageInTheMachine9532