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Run a Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show

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Script Code
VBScript
Const ppAdvanceOnTime = 2
Const ppShowTypeKiosk = 3
Const ppSlideShowDone = 5

Set objPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
objPPT.Visible = True

Set objPresentation = objPPT.Presentations.Open("C:\Scripts\Process.ppt")

objPresentation.Slides.Range.SlideShowTransition.AdvanceTime = 2
objPresentation.Slides.Range.SlideShowTransition.AdvanceOnTime = TRUE

objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.AdvanceMode = ppAdvanceOnTime 
objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.ShowType = ppShowTypeKiosk
objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.StartingSlide = 1
objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.EndingSlide = _
    objPresentation.Slides.Count

Set objSlideShow = objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.Run.View

Do Until objSlideShow.State = ppSlideShowDone
Loop
Platforms
Windows Server 2008 R2 No
Windows Server 2008 No
Windows Server 2003 Yes
Windows 7 No
Windows Vista No
Windows XP Yes
Windows 2000 Yes
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  • how to repeat presentation + choose name of file
    1 Posts | Last Post: November 04, 2009
    • Const ppAdvanceOnTime = 2
      Const ppShowTypeKiosk = 3
      Const ppSlideShowDone = 5


      Set objPPT = CreateObject("PowerPoint.Application")
      objPPT.Visible = True
      ' открываем файл с именем сегодняшнего дня
      Set objPresentation = objPPT.Presentations.Open ("E:\"&DatePart("d" , Now)&".ppt")
      ' задаем время на показ одного файла
      objPresentation.Slides.Range.SlideShowTransition.AdvanceTime = 4
      objPresentation.Slides.Range.SlideShowTransition.AdvanceOnTime = TRUE

      objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.AdvanceMode = ppAdvanceOnTime
      objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.ShowType = ppShowTypeKiosk
      objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.StartingSlide = 1
      objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.EndingSlide = objPresentation.Slides.Count
      ' задаем автоматический повтор при достижении конца слайд шоу
      objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.LoopUntilStopped = True


      Set objSlideShow = objPresentation.SlideShowSettings.Run.View
      ' продолжаем выполнение скрипта. не знаю зачем
      Do Until objSlideShow.State = ppSlideShowDone

      loop