GetActiveWindow() in PowerPoint 2003

[John]

Hi,

I am getting an error saying Application:ActiveWindow- Invalid Request for

the_docWnd=oApp.GetActiveWindow ();

here is the code

if(!oApp.CreateDispatch("Powerpoint.Application", NULL))
{
AfxMessageBox("Cannot start Powerpoint", MB_SETFOREGROUND);
return;
}

the_docWnd=oApp.GetActiveWindow ();

I am using PowerPoint 2003.

Regards
John

 

[Shyam Pillai]

John,
A window is available only if PowerPoint UI is visible and a Document is
opened with the visible flag. You should check the Windows Count before
trying to access the active window.

 

[John]

Shyam,

Thanks for the reply.
Could please put it interms of source code?



----- Shyam Pillai wrote: -----

John,
A window is available only if PowerPoint UI is visible and a Document is
opened with the visible flag. You should check the Windows Count before
trying to access the active window.

 

[John]

I got it working, but that was not the one which i needed

Here is my requirements
* I want to display the slides in my application with an thumbnail image for every slide
* I want to display the selected slide in a preview window. I had implemented by saving the slide as a temporary file and displaying it. Is there any other way to do that
* I want to display the slide in a resizable window for this i tried SlideShowWindow.SetLeft() etc.. But it is not working up to my expectation
* I want to display the slide in full screen in the secondary monitor

Could you please help me

----- Shyam Pillai wrote: ----

John
A window is available only if PowerPoint UI is visible and a Document i
opened with the visible flag. You should check the Windows Count befor
trying to access the active window

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Have you taken a look at the following page?
Display PowerPoint slide show within a VB form or control window

http://www.mvps.org/skp/vb/pptvbwnd.htm
--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

I got it working, but that was not the one which i needed.

Here is my requirements:
* I want to display the slides in my application with an thumbnail image for every slide.
* I want to display the selected slide in a preview window. I had

implemented by saving the slide as a temporary file and displaying it. Is
there any other way to do that?

* I want to display the slide in a resizable window for this i tried

SlideShowWindow.SetLeft() etc.. But it is not working up to my expectation.

 

[John]

Mr Pillai,

Thanks for the reply.

I had already looked into that. But i want both the things to be combined, ie i want to disaply it in a wndow(I can use show in frame control) sametime i should be able to resize the display.

Regards
John

 

[Shyam Pillai]

John,
I haven't tried that yet. But I am almost certain that in such a scenario,
the miniature will have to be an static image that gets generated by you and
not a slideshow window while the the fullscreen show would be one.

--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

Mr Pillai,

Thanks for the reply.

I had already looked into that. But i want both the things to be combined,

ie i want to disaply it in a wndow(I can use show in frame control) sametime
i should be able to resize the display.

 

[John]

Thanks for the reply.

I want to display the slides with animations in that frame so i can't use static images over there.

----- Shyam Pillai wrote: -----

John,
I haven't tried that yet. But I am almost certain that in such a scenario,
the miniature will have to be an static image that gets generated by you and
not a slideshow window while the the fullscreen show would be one.

--
Regards
Shyam Pillai

Mr Pillai,

ie i want to disaply it in a wndow(I can use show in frame control) sametime
i should be able to resize the display.