Question

I am trying to programmatically create a PowerPoint from graphs in Access. Ideally, when the graphs move over to PowerPoint they will become static pictures and not graphs still linked to the access data.

I have tried procedures such as:

 Private Sub Command1_click()
     Dim pwrpnt as Object
     Dim Presentation as Object

     set pwrpnt = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application")
     pwrpnt.Activate
     Set Presentation = pwrpnt.Presentation.Open("C:\test.ppt")
     Me.Graph1.SetFocus
     Runcommand acCmdcopy

     Presentation.Slides(1).Shapes.Paste
     set pwrpnt = Nothing
     set Presentation = Nothing
End Sub

And I get an error message such as: Paste method failed.

Is there a better approach? And can it be forced to become a static image?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Ok, I found a way to do it. I am still interested if anyone has a more elegant way, but for anyone else dealing with a similar problem:

Private Sub Command1_click()
 'Note: Sample only, in real code this should probably have something to save the 
 'PPT file and then close the powerpoint application, not to mention some error handling,
 ' and possibly some picture formatting, etc.  

 Dim pwrpnt as PowerPoint.Application
 Dim Presntation as PowerPoint.Presentation

 Me.Graph0.Action = acOLECopy
 set pwrpnt = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application")
 pwrpnt.Activate
 Set Presentation = pwrpnt.Presentations.Open("TemplateFile.ppt")
 pwrpnt.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

 'This inserts it as a picture, just use .Paste to insert it as an actual chart.
 pwrpnt.ActiveWindow.View.PasteSpecial ppPasteEnhancedMetafile 
EndSub