How to activate a presentation?

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HI Friends,

We can activate a word document like :

targetDoc.Activate();

What is the API for Powerpoint document activation? I tried some of this but no result:

C#

foreach (PPT.Presentation pp in ppApp.Presentations)
{
    if (pp.Name == TargetFileName)
    {
        pp.Application.Activate();
    }
}

[edit]Tags, braces indent - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 30-May-11 22:32pm

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Updated 30-May-11 22:47pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-May-11 4:44am

Add a tag: Powerpoint.
--SA

Tarun.K.S 31-May-11 4:55am

I have updated the answer. I have also added a for-each version.

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Solution 2

Guys,
i tried this, it will also work ....

C#

string selePPT = comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();
            string before = ppApp.ActiveWindow.Caption;
            string after = "";
            foreach (PPT.DocumentWindow pp in ppApp.Windows)
            {
                if (pp.Caption == selePPT)
                {
                    pp.Activate();
                    after = ppApp.ActiveWindow.Caption;
                    MessageBox.Show(before + "  " + after);
                }
            }

Posted 30-May-11 23:29pm

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Tarun.K.S 31-May-11 5:43am

Cool! 5+

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Tarun.K.S · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-30T22:48:00

Hi prasad,

Do this:

C#

for(int i=1; i <= ppApp.Presentation.Count; i++)
{
 if(ppApp.Presentations[i].Name == TargetFileName)
 {
  ppApp.Presentations[i].Windows[i].Activate();
 }
}

If you want to use the foreach only, then use an integer i;

int i = 0;

C#

foreach (PPT.Presentation pp in ppApp.Presentations)
                          { 
                              i = i + 1;
                              if (pp.Name == TargetFileName)
                              {
                                  pp.Windows(i).Activate();
                              }
                          }

Hope it helped. :)