Alan, On Aug 30, 1:37 pm, Alan Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone point me to a simple example > or better yet tutorial for creating > a Powerpoint using Python. > > Thanks, > Alan Isaac
You should check our the following for information on using COM itself: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html Core Python Programming by Chun has an example in it using Tkinter. I did it a while back, so here's the source: <code> # Core Python Chp 23, pg 994 # ppoint.pyw from Tkinter import Tk from time import sleep from tkMessageBox import showwarning import win32com.client as win32 warn = lambda app: showwarning(app, 'Exit?') RANGE = range(3, 8) def ppoint(): app = 'PowerPoint' ppoint = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('%s.Application' % app) pres = ppoint.Presentations.Add() ppoint.Visible = True s1 = pres.Slides.Add(1, win32.constants.ppLayoutText) sleep(1) sla = s1.Shapes[0].TextFrame.TextRange sla.Text = 'Python-to-%s Demo' % app sleep(1) slb = s1.Shapes[1].TextFrame.TextRange for i in RANGE: slb.InsertAfter("Line %d\r\n" % i) sleep(1) slb.InsertAfter("\r\nTh-th-th-that's all folks!\r\n") warn(app) pres.Close() ppoint.Quit() if __name__ == '__main__': Tk().withdraw() ppoint() </code> I recommend getting ActiveState's Python distro as it comes with an IDE that can browse COM objects fairly easily. Hope that helps! Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list