PPTX - open a hyperlink automatically when the slide is advanced
I need to get PPTX to open a link automatically when the slide is advanced, without having to click on the link on the PPT screen.I found this code that is suppose to work with the VBA editor...
View Articlec# PowerPoint - Radial Gradient msoGradientFromCenter
I couldn't find a solution for this. I want to make a radial gradient from center, but the function TwoColorGradient always returns a square gradient. Could anyone help me ? Thanks!
View ArticleRegistry Key not found
I was going through StigViewer and they have mentioned a registry address "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\drm".But my system doesn't seem to have that key in the registry. When i...
View ArticleHow to extract document properties like author in C#
Hi All,I am working on an application that collects information and metadata from PowerPoint slides to put in to a table. I wanted to try and extract some of the basic document metadata like author...
View ArticleHow to ping my website from VBA Excel
I develop VBA Excel applications (.xlsm ) and would like to know how frequently they are being used by my customers.I own a website where I host these applications and where they can be downloaded from...
View ArticleHow to create an outlook event using restapi
Hi ,I have requirement to add an outlook meeting event using restapi .I am going through the following link...
View ArticleOffice 2013 activation
Hello,I doubt this is probably the right place to ask this question, but I was directed here by a Microsoft Activation technician--I suspect she didn't know what to do with me so pushed me to this...
View ArticleIntegration with Office Online
Hi All,I have a web application which stores documents . We have our both server side and client side (enable users to view/edit those documents) components.Now i want to enable Office online...
View ArticleWhy aren't Word and PowerPoint written to take advantage of multiple cores?
I was referred to this forum by a helpful moderator at Microsoft's user community forum, who suggested someone here might have the expertise to provide an answer: Most of the increase in PC processing...
View ArticleOffice/Outlook 2019 version number
As Office/Outlook 2019 is about to be released to the broad masses I wanted to know which version number it will be? Office/Outlook 2016 ist 16.0, I suspected 2019 will be 17.0 but the Office 356...
View ArticleOLE Automation with Office 2016 Click-to-Run kit
Hi,Do you know if applications can use and reference Office 2016 Pro Plus applications like Excel, Outlook trough OLE Automation?Is this solution a real...
View ArticleDetecting password protected PPT (97-2003) documents
Hi,I have a requirement where without opening a document we have to detect if it is password protected. I found some solution that can take care of word and excel files (Skipping password protected...
View ArticleWebDav Word handling of expired locks
HelloWe have set up a WebDav server to open and edit files from Microsoft Word. That works fine but I am having issues handling expired sessions. I have tried returning a 401 and a 403 to word when it...
View ArticleNecessity of Impersonation to access HKCU paths in registry
I'm writing a process which runs in the system mode to check a particular path in the registry and verify if a value exists and if it doesn't exist, create that key with value. So its divided into...
View ArticleDetermine office app update version #
With the Win SDK, file/product version info (e.g. 16.0.11425.20200) is easily obtainable. Ditto using the registry functions. How do you determine the update version # (e.g. 1903) for any office app?...
View Article.net vsto: problem with font scaling on forms
I have a normal form with textboxes and buttons in a Visual Studio project. Works fine. I have that same form linked in an e.g. PowerPoint project. Both work fine. <g class="gr_ gr_649 gr-alert...
View ArticleCOM Addin longevity\deprecation
I remember an article\guidence I can't find from few years ago that talks about deprecation of support for COM addins.Looking for official stance on lifecyles for COM and VSTO support in...
View ArticleOffice 2019 COM type library missing
Hello,just installed Office 2019 on a new Win10 Computer, and for older applications I need the COM type library 32 bit (especially Excel type library), but there is no type library registered.Might be...
View ArticlePowerPoint - How can I determine if a msoPlaceholder is a picture?
Hi all;I have a case (COM API) where Shape.Type == msoPlaceholder. The shape is a picture. How can I verify that it is a picture?thanks - daveWhat we did for the last 6 months - Made the world's...
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