DDE in Powerpoint

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Ken

I want to initiate a powerpoint VB macro from a Filemaker
Pro application. Filemaker has a "Send DDE Message" script
step.

Does powerpoint respond to DDE messages?

If so, what is the service name for Powerpoint?

ALso what is the topic and command?

Has anyone tried this? I have seen no documentation on
powerpoint responding to DDE messages.
 
Steve,

Thanks for responding. The FAQ that you suggested did not
address how to get a ppt VB macro to execute from outside
of ppt.

As an alternative to DDE, is it possible to get the macro
to execute automatically when the ppt document is opened?

Thanks
 
Thanks for responding. The FAQ that you suggested did not
address how to get a ppt VB macro to execute from outside
of ppt.
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True. You didn't mention any macros in PPT. ;-)

This is one way of doing it:

Dim oPPTApp As PowerPoint.Application
Set oPPTApp = New PowerPoint.Application
oPPTApp.Visible = True

' Pass control to routine in loaded add-in
oPPTApp.Run "MacroName", Parameters
As an alternative to DDE, is it possible to get the macro
to execute automatically when the ppt document is opened?
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Not easily, if at all. You can get an addin to load at startup though. That
makes it available to your VB or other external code. For that matter, you
could, I'm pretty sure, have the external code demand-load an add-in.

See some of the other VBA-related stuff at www.pptfaq.com
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality (DDE) that you are looking for.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint provide this kind of functionality, don't forget to send your
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http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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