Notes export macro bug

[Gregg]

Hello, I use the below macro from PPTools to export notes from PP 2003.
However there is one bug. If there are no notes on a slide the output looks
like this:Slide: 3636However when there ARE notes on a slide it puts the
above string as well as the notes string. For example:Slide 37:37Slide
37:Notes from the slide.How do I get it to exclude the first part when there
are notes?Thanks for your help!================================Sub
ExportNotesText()

Dim oSlides As Slides
Dim oSl As Slide
Dim oSh As Shape
Dim strNotesText As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim intFileNum As Integer
Dim lngReturn As Long

' Get a filename to store the collected text
strFileName = InputBox("Enter the full path and name of file to extract
notes text to", "Output file?")

' did user cancel?
If strFileName = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If

' is the path valid? crude but effective test: try to create the file.
intFileNum = FreeFile()
On Error Resume Next
Open strFileName For Output As intFileNum
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ' we have a problem
MsgBox "Couldn't create the file: " & strFileName & vbCrLf _
& "Please try again."
Exit Sub
End If
Close #intFileNum ' temporarily

' Get the notes text
Set oSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oSl In oSlides
For Each oSh In oSl.NotesPage.Shapes
If oSh.PlaceholderFormat.Type = ppPlaceholderBody Then
If oSh.HasTextFrame Then
If oSh.TextFrame.HasText Then
strNotesText = strNotesText & "Slide: " &
CStr(oSl.SlideIndex) & vbCrLf _
& oSh.TextFrame.TextRange.Text & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
End If
End If
End If
Next oSh
Next oSl

' now write the text to file
Open strFileName For Output As intFileNum
Print #intFileNum, strNotesText
Close #intFileNum

' show what we've done
lngReturn = Shell("NOTEPAD.EXE " & strFileName, vbNormalFocus)

End Sub

 

[John Wilson]

Steve's code is designed to (and does for me) print NOTHING if the notes page
is empty and

Slide: xx

Blah blah blah

when it isn't.

My guess is you have maybe introduced an error when you copy pasted (maybe a
line break is in the wrong place) Is the code you posted copied directly from
your VBE?

 

[Gregg]

Hi John,
thanks for the reply. I am copying the code directly from
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00481.htm and then pasting it into the VBA editor.
I double checked and I don't see anything that differs between the two.
Just in case, here's the code as directly copied from the VBA editor.

Sub ExportNotesText()

Dim oSlides As Slides
Dim oSl As Slide
Dim oSh As Shape
Dim strNotesText As String
Dim strFileName As String
Dim intFileNum As Integer
Dim lngReturn As Long

' Get a filename to store the collected text
strFileName = InputBox("Enter the full path and name of file to extract
notes text to", "Output file?")

' did user cancel?
If strFileName = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If

' is the path valid? crude but effective test: try to create the file.
intFileNum = FreeFile()
On Error Resume Next
Open strFileName For Output As intFileNum
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ' we have a problem
MsgBox "Couldn't create the file: " & strFileName & vbCrLf _
& "Please try again."
Exit Sub
End If
Close #intFileNum ' temporarily

' Get the notes text
Set oSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oSl In oSlides
For Each oSh In oSl.NotesPage.Shapes
If oSh.PlaceholderFormat.Type = ppPlaceholderBody Then
If oSh.HasTextFrame Then
If oSh.TextFrame.HasText Then
strNotesText = strNotesText & "Slide: " &
CStr(oSl.SlideIndex) & vbCrLf _
& oSh.TextFrame.TextRange.Text & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
End If
End If
End If
Next oSh
Next oSl

' now write the text to file
Open strFileName For Output As intFileNum
Print #intFileNum, strNotesText
Close #intFileNum

' show what we've done
lngReturn = Shell("NOTEPAD.EXE " & strFileName, vbNormalFocus)

End Sub