Microsoft KB Archive/161134

= Sample code to control the Word object model in PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint 98 =

Article ID: 161134

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161134





SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) you can use as a starting point to control the Microsoft Word object model from within a Microsoft PowerPoint procedure.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub ControlWord

Dim oWord As Word.Application Dim bWordRunning As Boolean

' Needed for error trapping. On Error Resume Next

' Establish communication between Word and PowerPoint. ' Clear the error variable. Err.Clear

' Check to see whether Word 97 is running. Set oWord = GetObject(, "Word.Application.8") If Err.Number <> 0 Then bWordRunning = False Else bWordRunning = True End If

' Reset the error variable. Err.Clear

' Word is not running, so launch it. ' Create a Word object. If bWordRunning = False Then Set oWord = CreateObject("Word.Application.8") ' Check to see whether the Word object was created.

If Err.Number <> 0 Then ' CreateObject failed. ' Enter code to handle object creation error. End If

End If

' If Word is not running, make it visible. If bWordRunning = False Then oWord.Visible = True End If

' Creates a new document and adds the text "Hello World." oWord.Documents.Add oWord.Selection.Text = "Hello World!"

End Sub

