Microsoft KB Archive/303717

= How to use automation to create and to show a PowerPoint presentation by using Visual Basic .NET 2002 or Visual Basic .NET 2003 =

Article ID: 303717

Article Last Modified on 5/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q303717





For a Microsoft Visual C# .NET version of this article, see 303718.



For a Microsoft Visual C++ .NET version of this article, see 308336.



SUMMARY
This article describes how to use automation to create and to show a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation by using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 or Visual Basic .NET 2003.



Create an automation client for Microsoft PowerPoint
 Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 or Visual Studio .NET 2003. On the File menu, click New and then click Project. Select Windows Application from the Visual Basic Projects types. Form1 is created by default. Add a reference to the Microsoft PowerPoint Object Library and the Microsoft Graph Object Library. To do this, follow these steps:  On the Project menu, click Add Reference. On the COM tab, locate the Microsoft PowerPoint Object Library, and then click Select. Also locate the Microsoft Graph Object Library, and then click Select.

Note: Microsoft Office 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Office includes Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs). Microsoft Office XP does not include PIAs, but they may be downloaded.

For more information about Office XP PIAs, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

328912 Microsoft Office XP PIAs are available for download

 Click OK in the Add References dialog box to accept your selections.</li></ol> </li> On the View menu, select Toolbox to display the Toolbox and add a button to Form1.</li> Double-click Button1. The code window for the form appears.</li>  In the code window, locate the following code Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _       ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

End Sub Replace with the following code: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _       ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Const sTemplate = _ &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\Presentation Designs\Blends.pot&quot; Const sPic = &quot;C:\WINNT\Soap Bubbles.bmp&quot;

Dim oApp As PowerPoint.Application Dim oPres As PowerPoint.Presentation Dim oSlide As PowerPoint.Slide Dim bAssistantOn As Boolean

'Start Powerpoint and make its window visible but minimized. oApp = New PowerPoint.Application oApp.Visible = True oApp.WindowState = PowerPoint.PpWindowState.ppWindowMinimized

'Create a new presentation based on the specified template. oPres = oApp.Presentations.Open(sTemplate,, , True)

'Build Slide #1: 'Add text to the slide, change the font and insert/position a        'picture on the first slide. oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(1, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutTitleOnly) With oSlide.Shapes.Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange .Text = &quot;My Sample Presentation&quot; .Font.Name = &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot; .Font.Size = 48 End With oSlide.Shapes.AddPicture(sPic, False, True, 150, 150, 500, 350) oSlide = Nothing

'Build Slide #2: 'Add text to the slide title, format the text. Also add a chart to the 'slide and change the chart type to a 3D pie chart. oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(2, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutTitleOnly) With oSlide.Shapes.Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange .Text = &quot;My Chart&quot; .Font.Name = &quot;Comic Sans MS&quot; .Font.Size = 48 End With Dim oChart As Graph.Chart oChart = oSlide.Shapes.AddOLEObject(150, 150, 480, 320, _                   &quot;MSGraph.Chart.8&quot;).OLEFormat.Object oChart.ChartType = Graph.XlChartType.xl3DPie oChart = Nothing oSlide = Nothing

'Build Slide #3: 'Add a text effect to the slide and apply shadows to the text effect. oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(3, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutBlank) oSlide.FollowMasterBackground = False Dim oShape As PowerPoint.Shape oShape = oSlide.Shapes.AddTextEffect(Office.MsoPresetTextEffect.msoTextEffect27, _           &quot;The End&quot;, &quot;Impact&quot;, 96, False, False, 230, 200) oShape.Shadow.ForeColor.SchemeColor = PowerPoint.PpColorSchemeIndex.ppForeground oShape.Shadow.Visible = True oShape.Shadow.OffsetX = 3 oShape.Shadow.OffsetY = 3 oShape = Nothing oSlide = Nothing

'Modify the slide show transition settings for all 3 slides in       'the presentation. Dim SlideIdx(3) As Integer SlideIdx(0) = 1 SlideIdx(1) = 2 SlideIdx(2) = 3 With oPres.Slides.Range(SlideIdx).SlideShowTransition .AdvanceOnTime = True .AdvanceTime = 3 .EntryEffect = PowerPoint.PpEntryEffect.ppEffectBoxOut End With Dim oSettings As PowerPoint.SlideShowSettings oSettings = oPres.SlideShowSettings oSettings.StartingSlide = 1 oSettings.EndingSlide = 3

'Prevent Office Assistant from displaying alert messages. bAssistantOn = oApp.Assistant.On       oApp.Assistant.On = False

'Run the slide show and wait for the slide show to end. oSettings.Run Do While oApp.SlideShowWindows.Count >= 1 System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents Loop oSettings = Nothing

'Reenable Office Assisant, if it was on. If bAssistantOn Then oApp.Assistant.On = True oApp.Assistant.Visible = False End If

'Close the presentation without saving changes and quit PowerPoint. oPres.Saved = True oPres.Close oPres = Nothing oApp.Quit oApp = Nothing GC.Collect End Sub Note In this code, the sTemplate and sPic constants represent the full path and filename to a PowerPoint template and a picture, respectively. Modify these paths as needed to use a template or picture that is installed on your system. </li>  Add the following code to the top of Form1.vb: Imports Office = Microsoft.Office.Core Imports Graph = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Graph Imports PowerPoint = Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint </li> Press F5 to build and then run the program.</li> Click Button1 on the form to create and then show a PowerPoint presentation.</li></ol>

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