Shape.Name throws method not implemented exception

[David Thielen]

Hi;

I have a case where a Shape has a TextFrame which has a TextRange
which has Text - and it's all correct. But a call to Shape.Name on the
shape object throws an exception.

What's going on?

thanks - dave

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[David Thielen]

Ow - this is not good. If I need to uniquely identify shapes what
should I do? I only need unique names for the duration of my method
call - when I return and PPT calls me again it's fine if they all
change.

thanks - dave

I'm assuming it doesn't throw the same exception on other shapes, just
this one?

In some circumstances, PPT will create multiple shapes with the same
name on a slide. This is a bug. If you then try to alter one of the
shape names, you get an error.

david@[email protected]
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me -- http://dave.thielen.com

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[David Thielen]

We never create shapes - we only scan them and may change the text in
an existing shape.

thanks - dave

Are these shapes you're creating?

david@[email protected]
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