Powerpoint Automation in MFC

Lannie

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Jun 29, 2008, 6:52:00 AM6/29/08

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Tutorial Link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169505

I'm trying to follow this tutorial to create an automation controller to
manipulate the Microsoft PowerPoint object model using MFC, but I'm getting
lots of errors like:

error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'GetRGB'
warning C4183: 'GetRGB': missing return type; assumed to be a member
function returning 'int'
error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'MsoRGBType'

Can anyone pls. help me with this?

Thanks,
Anne

Steve Rindsberg

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Jun 29, 2008, 11:53:28 AM6/29/08

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Post the code that produces the error and enough of the surrounding code to
provide context. Without that, it's not likely that anyone will be able to
help.

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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msbox

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Jul 21, 2008, 3:35:01 PM7/21/08

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Hi,

I am also having the same problem.
Basically i created a dialog based MFC application from scratch. Automation
was checked.
It compiled fine.
Then i added a class to the project by choosing "MFC Class From TypeLib" and
selected "MSPPT.OLB" in the Office folder.
I imported the _Application interface, that gave me "CApplication.h".
Now, i added an instance of that class in the beginning of the dialog box
cpp file, so it looks like this:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "TestPP.h"
#include "TestPPDlg.h"
#include "DlgProxy.h"

#include "CApplication.h"
_Application app;

When i try to compile it, i get a lot of errors:

1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(414) : error C2371: 'FontPtr' :
redefinition; different basic types
1> c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\comdef.h(322) : see declaration of 'FontPtr'
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1130) : error C2146: syntax error :
missing ';' before identifier 'GetRGB'
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1130) : error C4430: missing type
specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1130) : error C4430: missing type
specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1130) : warning C4183: 'GetRGB':

missing return type; assumed to be a member function returning 'int'

1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1132) : error C2061: syntax error :
identifier 'MsoRGBType'
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1152) : error C2061: syntax error :
identifier 'MsoRGBType'
1>c:\dev\testpp\testpp\debug\msppt.tlh(1154) : error C2061: syntax error :
identifier 'MsoRGBType'
...

Any ideas why?
Thanx.

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 22, 2008, 10:27:07 AM7/22/08

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> Any ideas why?

I work in VB/VBA, so I can't be of much help here. With luck, someone familiar
with MFC and automation will chime in.

绿豆狂潮

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Sep 25, 2008, 2:26:01 AM9/25/08

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Me too...
It seems there is no quite sure answer for thie problem?

Cameron_C

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Dec 5, 2008, 4:04:11 PM12/5/08

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I am having the same issue, but from what I have been able to dig out, the
knowledgebase article applies specifically to MFC 6.0.
I am running VS2008, and I need Excel.h and Excel.cpp which are not created
by following the specified steps.
I will try to create the files using C++6/0 and see what happens.