create Powerpoint via com

[Alan Isaac]

Can someone point me to a simple example
or better yet tutorial for creating
a Powerpoint using Python.

Thanks,
Alan Isaac

 

[kyosohma]

Alan,

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

 

[Alan Isaac]

Hope that helps!

Yes indeed.
Thanks!
Alan

 

[Alan Isaac]

<code>

OK, creating bulleted lists, or tables,
or adding pictures is all straightforward.
How about chart creation (in Ppt 2003)?
I do not see how to do this with Python.

Thanks,
Alan

 

[kyosohma]

OK, creating bulleted lists, or tables,
or adding pictures is all straightforward.
How about chart creation (in Ppt 2003)?
I do not see how to do this with Python.

Thanks,
Alan

Alan,

You probably need to browse the COM object using PythonWin, which is a
part of the ActiveState distro. You can also use Python's builtin
function, dir, to find out various methods of COM.

Here's some info in messing with charts in Excel, which should be
similar to chart manipulation in PowerPoint.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-June/003511.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2003-March/000839.html
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread21565.html
http://mathieu.fenniak.net/plotting-in-excel-through-pythoncom/

Mike

 

[Alan Isaac]

How about chart creation (in Ppt 2003)?

You probably need to browse the COM object using PythonWin, which is a
part of the ActiveState distro. You can also use Python's builtin
function, dir, to find out various methods of COM.

Here's some info in messing with charts in Excel, which should be
similar to chart manipulation in PowerPoint.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2005-June/003511.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2003-March/000839.html
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread21565.html
http://mathieu.fenniak.net/plotting-in-excel-through-pythoncom/

Thanks!
Alan

 

[Alan Isaac]

Well, my needs were very limited so the
result is too, but in case someone else
just needs to get started:
http://econpy.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/utilities/mso.py

Comments, suggestions, additions welcom.

Alan Isaac