GetActiveWindow() in PowerPoint 2003

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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

John said:
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
Click to expand...
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
Click to expand...
SlideShowWindow.SetLeft() etc.. But it is not working up to my expectation.
 
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
 
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

John said:
Mr Pillai,

Thanks for the reply.

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

John said:
Mr Pillai,
Click to expand...
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.
 
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