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2 fast ones, powerpoint and word stuff

Hi all

1st Q: I have a ppt file in a OLEcontainer. Is there any way to get the pictures count (number of sheets in the pressentation)?

2nd Q: I also have a word file inside a OLEcontainer, the container is NOT visible, BUT i want to be able to pront the wordfile without making it visible.

Anyone?

Thanx
Fixzy

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Fixzy

ASKER

All I get is ----> Interface not supported

:(

/Fixzy

raidos

Sorry about the delay...

You need to call
OleContainer.DoVerb(ovShow);

When you have loaded your ContainerDocument....

Regards
//raidos

Fixzy

ASKER

Thanx....now the slide numbering works.

But OleContainer.OleObject.PrintOut(BackGround := TRUE); does not work the method PrintOut is not supported *argh*...starting to disslike OLE :(.
By the way, I use D4

Fixzy

ASKER

Forget it...Now it works, I did not switch to a word file.

But it does not work if I set the OLE container to visible=false (I dont want the user to be able to open the word file, only to print it)

Fixzy

raidos

OLE Containers are the devil!!

Best suggestion i can come up with is don't do it in a container...do it in a regular ole object...

Uses ComObj;

Var
WordApp: Variant;
Begin
WordApp := CreateOleObject('Word.Application');
WordApp.Visible := FALSE;
WordApp.Documents.Open(FileName:='C:\Path\To\YourDoc.Doc'; ConfirmConversions:=FALSE; ReadOnly:=TRUE);
WordApp.ActiveDocument.PrintOut(Background := TRUE);
WordApp.Application.Quit(SaveChanges:=FALSE);
End;

Or something like that..

regards
//raidos