Open presentation in slideshow view, from Access via VBA

[Dale Fye]

I've got an Access application I'm developing to control a Powerpoint
presentation.

I've figured out how to open PPT, select a presentation, and view that
presentation in design view, but have not figured out how to switch the view
to SlideShow.

Assuming I have application (oPPT) and presentation (oPres) objects, what
VBA do I need to change the view of PPT from design view to slideshow view.

 

[John Wilson]

Hi dale
Does oPres.SlideShowSettings.Run do it?

 

[Dale Fye]

John,

Yes, but now the line in my code which selects which slide to display in
the design view (see below) is generating an error.

oPres.Slides(mlngSlideIndex + 1).Select

Runtime error -2147188160 (80048240)
Slide (unknown member): invalid request. This view does not support selection

Which generates several new questions.

1. How do I determine whether the presentation is showing in design or
slide show view?

2.. How do I close the slideshow view?

3. How do I manipulate the slide that is shown in the slideshow?

 

[Dale Fye]

OK, I figured out that I could create a SlideShowWindow object (oSSW) from
the .Run command. And when this error comes up, I've got an error handler
that uses:

oSSW.view.gotoslide ##

But is there a more elegant way to determine this?

I still have not figured out how to close the SlideShowWindow via code.

 

[John Wilson]

You cannot SELECT anything in slide show view

SlideShowWindows(1).View.Exit
SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide(x)
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[Dale Fye]

Thanks, John

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HTH
Dale

You cannot SELECT anything in slide show view

SlideShowWindows(1).View.Exit
SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide(x)
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