Object Model Changes Since Microsoft Office 97
The following is a summary of the changes in the Microsoft Office PowerPoint object model as compared to Microsoft Office 97.
Application
| Properties | Status |
|---|---|
| FileFind | Hidden |
| FileSearch | Hidden |
| Methods | Status |
|---|---|
| Help | Changed
Previous syntaxVOID Help (OPTIONAL STRING HelpFile = "ppmain8.hlp", OPTIONAL INT ContextID = 0) New syntaxVOID Help (OPTIONAL STRING HelpFile = "vbapp10.chm", OPTIONAL INT ContextID = 0) |
BulletFormat
| Properties | Status |
|---|---|
| Visible | Hidden |
PpAlertButton
Removed
PpAlertIcon
Removed
PpAlertType
Removed
PpDialogFontStyle
Removed
PpDialogMode
Removed
PpDialogPositioning
Removed
PpDialogStyle
Removed
PpFileDialogView
Removed
PpListBoxAbbreviationStyle
Removed
PpListBoxSelectionStyle
Removed
PpSaveAsFileType
| Constants | Status |
|---|---|
| ppSaveAsPowerPoint3 | Hidden |
| ppSaveAsPowerPoint4 | Hidden |
| ppSaveAsPowerPoint4FarEast | Hidden |
| ppSaveAsPowerPoint7 | Hidden |
| ppSaveAsWizard | Removed |
PpScrollBarStyle
Removed
Presentation
| Properties | Status |
|---|---|
| HandoutMaster | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY HandoutMaster [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY HandoutMaster [_MASTER] |
| NotesMaster | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY NotesMaster [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY NotesMaster [_MASTER] |
| SlideMaster | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY SlideMaster [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY SlideMaster [_MASTER] |
| TitleMaster | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY TitleMaster [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY TitleMaster [_MASTER] |
| Methods | Status |
|---|---|
| AddTitleMaster | Changed
Previous syntaxMASTER AddTitleMaster () New syntax_MASTER AddTitleMaster () |
| SaveAs | Changed
Previous syntaxVOID SaveAs (STRING FileName, OPTIONAL PPSAVEASFILETYPE FileFormat = 1, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE EmbedTrueTypeFonts = -2) New syntaxVOID SaveAs (STRING FileName, OPTIONAL PPSAVEASFILETYPE FileFormat = 11, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE EmbedTrueTypeFonts = -2) |
Presentations
| Methods | Status |
|---|---|
| Open | Changed
Previous syntaxPRESENTATION Open (STRING FileName, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE ReadOnly = 0, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE Untitled = 0, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE WithWindow = -1) New syntaxPRESENTATION Open (STRING FileName, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE ReadOnly = 0, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE Untitled = 0, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE WithWindow = -1, OPTIONAL MSOTRISTATE OpenAndRepair = 0) |
| Methods | Status |
|---|---|
| AddPicture | Changed
Previous syntaxSHAPE AddPicture (STRING FileName, MSOTRISTATE LinkToFile, MSOTRISTATE SaveWithDocument, FLOAT Left, FLOAT Top, FLOAT Width, FLOAT Height) New syntaxSHAPE AddPicture (STRING FileName, MSOTRISTATE LinkToFile, MSOTRISTATE SaveWithDocument, FLOAT Left, FLOAT Top, OPTIONAL FLOAT Width = -1, OPTIONAL FLOAT Height = -1) |
Slide
| Properties | Status |
|---|---|
| Master | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY Master [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY Master [_MASTER] |
SlideRange
| Properties | Status |
|---|---|
| Master | Changed
Previous syntaxREAD-ONLY Master [MASTER] New syntaxREAD-ONLY Master [_MASTER] |
Slides
| Methods | Status |
|---|---|
| Add | Hidden |