need kick-start please

[ljb]

I'm trying to use VB 6.0 and automation to create a PowerPoint 2000 slide
show. Its basically a photo album with the picture file names, slide show
sequence and photo captions stored in an Access database. I'm having trouble
getting the code right and need sample code from someone. Each slide will
have one picture and the caption in a text box. I'm not concerned with the
Access recordset which I consider trivial. I'm completely new to PowerPoint.
I'm assuming the following sequence is needed and am able to get some of it
to work.

1. create the PPT application object
2. create a presentation object - This is as far as I got
3. create the first slide
4. set slide background to black for all slides
5. set slide transitions to random for all slides
6. insert a picture, position and scale it
7. insert a textbox and the photo caption text

thanks
LJB

 

[ljb]

I have managed to resolve everything. I was getting confused by the code
written by PowerPoint macro recording. Too much .active this and .activate
that. I didn't understand the object model either which didn't help.