How to automate PowerPoint using VB

Microsoft has an article that explains how to automate PowerPoint using VB

For some odd reason they've entitled it How to automate Powerpoint using VB

Here's a quick example:

Sub AutomatePowerPoint()

    ' This requires that you set a reference to PowerPoint in Tools, References

    ' You could later change these to As Object to avoid that necessity

    Dim oPPTApp As PowerPoint.Application   

    Dim oPPTPres As PowerPoint.Presentation

    Dim sPresentationFile as String



    sPresentationFile = "C:\MyFiles\Somefile.PPT"



    ' Get a reference to PowerPoint app

    Set oPPTApp = New PowerPoint.Application

    '  set it visible or you may get errors - there are ways around this but they're

   '  beyond the scope of this FAQ

    oPPTApp.Visible = True

    ' minimize if you want to hide it:

    ' oPPTApp.WindowState = ppWindowMinimized



    ' Open our source PPT file, get a reference to it

    Set oPPTPres = oPPTApp.Presentations.Open(sPresentationFile)



    With oPPTPres     ' Do stuff ...

      ' Show the number of slides in the file, for example  

      msgbox .Slides.Count           

    End With



    ' Cleanup

    ' Close the presentation

    oPPTPres.Close

    ' Quit PPT

    oPPTApp.Quit

    ' Release variables

    Set oPPTPres = Nothing

    Set oPPTApp = Nothing



End Sub



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