Powerpoint ActiveX control

[grahamwebb]

I am writing a vi to run MS Powerpoint, load multiple presentations and then play whichever one is selected. Based on the ActiveX controls in pptpresent.vi. 

I can't find a function to change the ActivePresentation property, so I either keep opening and closing the MS application, or I have multiple copies of the application open at once for each presentation.

Any ideas? 

Many thanks

[Ben]

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@grahamwebb wrote:

I am writing a vi to run MS Powerpoint, load multiple presentations and then play whichever one is selected. Based on the ActiveX controls in pptpresent.vi. 

I can't find a function to change the ActivePresentation property, so I either keep opening and closing the MS application, or I have multiple copies of the application open at once for each presentation.

Any ideas? 

Many thanks

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The MS web-site indicates that property is read only.

Ben

[Kyle97330 · Accepted solution]

The "_Presentation" object has a "Windows" property, which is a Collection you can index to get a specific DocumentWindow object, which has an "Activate" method.  Maybe try that?

[grahamwebb]

That works perfectly! Thank you Kyle.