Accessing PowerPoint API from C++ - COM

[Gandhi]

Hi;
I'm looking for some sample code that I can use to access the PowerPoint
API. I'm trying to write a small application that can access a PPT File from
a given a URL, and save the same as HTML. I'm assuming that the "Save as
HTML" menu option in PowePoint is also available as a API that I can call.
I'm looking to use COM and C++ as I can not assume that the .NET run time
will be available at run time...
Any sample code or pointers to the right reference material will be greatly
appreciated.
TIA.
-Gandhi

 

[Gandhi]

Thanks! This is almost what I was looking for!

Ideally I was hoping to accomplish this without requiring PowerPoint to be
instaled, but I suspected that would be next to imposible to achieve.

I was also hoping to do this in C++, with the intention of reducing the VB
run time library dependencies but I think I can take care of doing the
equivalent in vanila COM and C++.

Thanks again!
-Gandhi