> just a small OT question coming from a linux openoffice > system... > > Does there exist something similar for powerpoint? Would be > nice, if anybody can direct me to more examples...
fabian, see below for a PP example. you mentioned you were coming from a linux OOo system... are you trying to do COM stuff with OOo? i'm not familiar with it, but since they do support some level of VB-like scripting, i don't believe it's out of the question. one thing that i did forget to mention in my earlier message is that i use static dispatch for these apps. if you did not go and run the makepy utility, you would have to use dynamic dispatch, start your apps with win32com.client.Dispatch(), or, using the same import statement as below, win32.Dispatch(). anyway, here is pretty much the same script as i sent earlier but for PowerPoint instead of Excel (the book has small examples for each of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook): # based on ppoint.pyw in Core Python Programming, 2nd ed from time import sleep import win32com.client as win32 def ppoint(): ppoint = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('PowerPoint.Application') pres = ppoint.Presentations.Add() ppoint.Visible = True s1 = pres.Slides.Add(1, win32.constants.ppLayoutText) sleep(1) s1a = s1.Shapes[0].TextFrame.TextRange s1a.Text = 'Python-to-PowerPoint Demo' sleep(1) s1b = s1.Shapes[1].TextFrame.TextRange for i in range(3, 8): s1b.InsertAfter("Line %d\r\n" % i) sleep(1) s1b.InsertAfter("\r\nTh-th-th-that's all folks!") sleep(5) pres.Close() ppoint.Quit() if __name__=='__main__': ppoint() HTH! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list