create Powerpoint via com

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

Alan,

On Aug 30, 1:37 pm, Alan Isaac <ais... at american.edu> 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