PowerPoint Sample

To get samples and instructions for installing them

  • Do one or more of the following:

    • On the Help menu, click Samples.

      The Readme displays information about samples.

    • Visit the Visual Studio 2008 Samples Web site. The most recent versions of samples are available there.

    • Locate samples on the computer on which Visual Studio is installed. By default, samples and a Readme file are installed in drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Samples\lcid. For Express editions of Visual Studio, all samples are located online.

For more information, see Locating Sample Files.

To run the sample

  1. In Solution Explorer, open PowerPointlAuto.sln.

  2. Press F5.

Requirements

This sample requires that your computer have the following applications installed:

  • Visual Studio 2005 with Service Pack 1, or Visual Studio 2008

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Demonstrates

The sample consists of a solution named PowerPointAuto.sln that contains a single project: PowerPointAuto.vbproj. This project is a Windows-based application that has a single form that remotely controls PowerPoint.

When the PowerPointAuto application runs, it opens a single form that has buttons for automating PowerPoint.