Thread Subject: Error When Exporting Plot to Powerpoint

Hello, I am trying to use a program that exports Matlab plots to Powerpoint. The program worked with Office 2003, but returns an error when used with Office 2007. The error is as follows:

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??? No appropriate method, property, or field Add for class
Interface.Microsoft_PowerPoint_12.0_Object_Library.Slides.

Error in ==> exportGeom2powerpnt>startPowerpnt at 41
      S1 = slides.Add(1,12);

Error in ==> exportGeom2powerpnt at 8
    [ppt, aP, sh] = startPowerpnt;

Error in ==> GearGen.drawGUI>export2PPT at 668
        exportGeom2powerpnt(gg);
 
??? Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback
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The section of code that is giving me problems is the following function:

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function [ppt, aP, sh] = startPowerpnt

     ppt = actxserver('powerpoint.application');
           ppt.Visible = 1;
    pptP = ppt.Presentations;
           pptP.Add;
      aP = pptP.Item(1);
  slides = aP.Slides;
      S1 = slides.Add(1,12);
      sh = S1.Shapes;
 
return
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I am wondering how to rewrite the code so that it works with Powerpoint 2007. Thanks for your ideas.

"Ryan " <RMichael910@gmail.com> wrote in message <h7m0h6$oa1$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hello, I am trying to use a program that exports Matlab plots to Powerpoint. The program worked with Office 2003, but returns an error when used with Office 2007. The error is as follows:
>
> *****
> ??? No appropriate method, property, or field Add for class
> Interface.Microsoft_PowerPoint_12.0_Object_Library.Slides.
>
> Error in ==> exportGeom2powerpnt>startPowerpnt at 41
> S1 = slides.Add(1,12);
>
> Error in ==> exportGeom2powerpnt at 8
> [ppt, aP, sh] = startPowerpnt;
>
> Error in ==> GearGen.drawGUI>export2PPT at 668
> exportGeom2powerpnt(gg);
>
> ??? Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback
> *****
>
> The section of code that is giving me problems is the following function:
>
> %%%%%
> function [ppt, aP, sh] = startPowerpnt
>
> ppt = actxserver('powerpoint.application');
> ppt.Visible = 1;
> pptP = ppt.Presentations;
> pptP.Add;
> aP = pptP.Item(1);
> slides = aP.Slides;
> S1 = slides.Add(1,12);
> sh = S1.Shapes;
>
> return
> %%%%%
>
> I am wondering how to rewrite the code so that it works with Powerpoint 2007. Thanks for your ideas.

On the French MATLAB forum : http://matlab.developpez.com/
one of users had this error by using pptwrite on the Fex:
http://www.mathworks.fr/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18457
he solved this issue with a newer version (saveppt2) fully tested on PowerPoint 2007:
http://www.mathworks.fr/matlabcentral/fileexchange/19322

Hope it helps,

Aur?lien

Hi Aurelian,
Thanks that did the trick! For some reason you need to use the invoke function to call Add. I changed one line of code and it works!

I've got exactly the same problem, with Add, but Invoking it doesn't seem to help. Could you explain precisely what your solution was?