Important!! ActiveX component Can't create object Powerpoint in vb

[Guest]

from VB6, I open a PPT presentation. That's all fine. when I attempt to use
the addtextbox method I get this error. Other postings on this subject do not
solve my problem. I am using a licensed version Office 2003. I even
reinstalled it to repair files. This error usually happens if a dll is not
registered. However, since I've installed it twice...

Here's simple code. Note: error is on line with !!!! to the left.

Set AppPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
AppPPT.Visible = True

' If you want to hide the PowerPoint Window, set the visible property
' to FALSE and WithWindow argument of Open method to FALSE too.
AppPPT.Presentations.Open ("D:\Data\VBcode\VBPPT\sample.ppt")
With AppPPT.Presentations
' .Add WithWindow:=msoTrue
!!!!
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, 114, 102, 174, 28.875).Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.WordWrap = msoTrue
With ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat
.LineRuleWithin = msoTrue
.SpaceWithin = 1
.LineRuleBefore = msoTrue
.SpaceBefore = 0.5
.LineRuleAfter = msoTrue
.SpaceAfter = 0
End With

ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(Start:=1,
Length:=0).Select
With ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange
.Text = "Red Hat"
With .Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 18
.Bold = msoFalse
.Italic = msoFalse
.Underline = msoFalse
.Shadow = msoFalse
.Emboss = msoFalse
.BaselineOffset = 0
.AutoRotateNumbers = msoFalse
.Color.SchemeColor = ppForeground
End With




End With
End With

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

from VB6, I open a PPT presentation. That's all fine. when I attempt to use
the addtextbox method I get this error. Other postings on this subject do not
solve my problem. I am using a licensed version Office 2003. I even
reinstalled it to repair files. This error usually happens if a dll is not
registered. However, since I've installed it twice...

Let's make some changes and try it this way first:

' if you prefer, set a reference to PPT and dim
' these as Slide, Presentation and Shape respectively:
Dim oSlide as Object
Dim oPresentation as Object
Dim oSh as Object

Set AppPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
AppPPT.Visible = True

' If you want to hide the PowerPoint Window, set the visible property
' to FALSE and WithWindow argument of Open method to FALSE too.
Set oPresentation = AppPPT.Presentations.Open ("D:\Data\VBcode\VBPPT\sample.ppt")
Set oSlide = oPresentation.Slides(1)
' assuming you want to add the shape on slide one that is
Set oSh = oSlide.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
114, 102, 174, 28.875)
With oSh
.TextFrame.WordWrap = msoTrue
With .TextRange.ParagraphFormat
.LineRuleWithin = msoTrue
.SpaceWithin = 1
.LineRuleBefore = msoTrue
.SpaceBefore = 0.5
.LineRuleAfter = msoTrue
.SpaceAfter = 0
End With ' .ParagraphFormat

With .TextRange
.Text = "Red Hat"
With .Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 18
.Bold = msoFalse
.Italic = msoFalse
.Underline = msoFalse
.Shadow = msoFalse
.Emboss = msoFalse
.BaselineOffset = 0
.AutoRotateNumbers = msoFalse
.Color.SchemeColor = ppForeground
End With ' font
End With ' text range
End With ' oSh

and so on.

Does that work?

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Change the code to:

Set AppPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
AppPPT.Visible = True

' If you want to hide the PowerPoint Window, set the visible property
' to FALSE and WithWindow argument of Open method to FALSE too.
AppPPT.Presentations.Open ("D:\Data\VBcode\VBPPT\sample.ppt")
With APPPPT
'Note the use of the qualifying dot (.) before ActiveWindow
.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal,
114, 102, 174, 28.875).Select
.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.WordWrap = msoTrue
With ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.ParagraphFormat
.LineRuleWithin = msoTrue
.SpaceWithin = 1
.LineRuleBefore = msoTrue
.SpaceBefore = 0.5
.LineRuleAfter = msoTrue
.SpaceAfter = 0
End With

.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.TextRange.Characters(Start:=1,
Length:=0).Select
With .ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange
.Text = "Red Hat"
With .Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 18
.Bold = msoFalse
.Italic = msoFalse
.Underline = msoFalse
.Shadow = msoFalse
.Emboss = msoFalse
.BaselineOffset = 0
.AutoRotateNumbers = msoFalse
.Color.SchemeColor = ppForeground
End With
End With


End With

 

[Guest]

Thanks and it still does not work. I get the same error. NOte: I am using the
following in my references:

Microsoft Powerpoint 11 Object library
Microsoft Office 11 object library
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.7

 

[Guest]

Thanks and it still does not work. I get different error. 438 Object doesn't
support this property or method.

NOte: I am using the following in my references:

Microsoft Powerpoint 11 Object library
Microsoft Office 11 object library
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.7

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks and it still does not work. I get different error. 438 Object doesn't
support this property or method.

On what line?

 

[Guest]

Thanks, It works.

However, I know I tried that but for some reason the intellisense isn't
working properly and .Active.... didn't show up as an option.

mm

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Intellisense won't show up unless. You've declared the object correctly.
If you set a reference to the PowerPoint library and declare AppPPT as
PowerPoint.Application the intellisense will appear.