Identifying the end of a show

[kalevet]

Hi all,

I'm working at my spare time on a project that involves the use of
PowerPoint from within another application, in order to create and run
presentations with dynamic content. PP is handled using automation. The
development tool I use, PowerBuilder, support automation only partially
- capturing events can only be done using a special extension method
which I'm not very familiar with.

What I'm looking for is a way to identify the end of a show. Since this
is the only event I need I thought about having some VBA code send a
certain message to a given window at the end of the show. My first
question is, than - can this be done?

If so, it means I should supply the user with a presentation that
contains that VBA. A better option, though, would be to add the VBA
myself at run time. I can edit the presentation's text, but I don't
know if the VBA can be added as well. My second question is, then - can
it?

And last question - I'm neither a PP nor a VBA guy. Can you think of a
better way to notify my application the show is ending or has ended?

Thanks,
Kal

 

[Austin Myers]

Yup, there is an event fired at the end of the show you can trap.



Private Sub App_PresentationClose(ByVal Pres As Presentation)
Whatever you want to do goes here.
End Sub



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[kalevet]

Thanks!

Is it possible to insert that script to the presentation using
automation, similarly to how I edit the texts in the presentation? I'd
rather not make the user use a base presentation that already contains
the script (though it is possible).