win32com ppt embedded object numbers reverting back to original numbers

[Lance Hoffmeyer]

Hey all,

I have a script that takes numbers from XL and inserts them into an embedded
MSGRAPH dataset in PPT.  The problem is that when I reopen the modified document
that has been saved as a new filename and activate the embedded datasheet the
new numbers that were inserted disappear and the old, original numbers come back?


I thought that adding these lines and resetting these variables was supposed to prevent
this from happening?

del oGraph
del PWB
del oHEADER
del oVALUE

Anyone had experience with this and know what I need to do to keep the embedded datasheet
from reverting back to it's original numbers after modification?

Thanks in advance,

Lance





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# ADD THIS INTO A MODULE IN PPT TO OBTAIN THE PROG ID OF A SLIDE
#Sub test()
#MsgBox "The Slide ID of the current slide is:" & _
#       ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideID
#End Sub
#################################################################################################################################################################################
def attributesbyID(row,base,slideID,spreadsheet):
	sh = wb.Worksheets (spreadsheet)
	sh.Select()
        LIST = xlparams(row, base)
 	################ POWERPOINT SECTION ######################
	for shape in WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes:
		if (shape.Type== 7):
		 	for oXLROW,oXLBASE,oXLLASTCOL,oPPTCELL,oPPTHEADERCELL in LIST:
		 		oVALUE = sh.Cells(oXLROW,oXLLASTCOL).Value
				oHEADER = sh.Cells(base-1,oXLLASTCOL).Value  + " (n="  +  str(int(sh.Cells(oXLBASE,oXLLASTCOL).Value))  + ")"
				PWB = WB.Slides.FindBySlideID(slideID).Shapes(shape.Name)
				oGraph = PWB.OLEFormat.Object
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oPPTCELL).Value = oVALUE
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Range(oPPTHEADERCELL).Value = oHEADER
				oGraph.Application.datasheet.Font.Bold=False
				del oGraph
				del PWB
				del oHEADER
				del oVALUE
###########################################################
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def xlparams(row, base):
	lastcol=LASTCOL
	############### EXCEL SECTION TO GET NUMBERS #############
 	thelist=((row,base,lastcol,"A13","013"),(row,base,lastcol-1,"A14","014"),(row,base,lastcol-2,"A15","015"),(row,base,lastcol-3,"A16","016"),
              (row+20,base+20,lastcol,"A9","09"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-1,"A10","010"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-2,"A11","011"),(row+20,base+20,lastcol-3,"A12","012"),
              (row+40,base+40,lastcol,"A5","05"),(row+40,base+40,lastcol-1,"A6","06" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-2,"A7","07" ), (row+40,base+40,lastcol-3,"A8","08" ),
              (row+60,base+60,lastcol,"A1","01"),(row+60,base+60,lastcol-1,"A2","02" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-2,"A3","03" ), (row+60,base+60,lastcol-3,"A4","04" ))
 	##########################################################
	return thelist


## attribute(ROW NUMBER, BASE ROW NUMBER, SLIDE NUMBER)
attributesbyID(14,12,839,"Attributes(116-144)") # This medication has a convenient dosing frequency