Rich,

Thanks for the links. I still am having problems getting off the dime. I'm running the following code which opens Powerpoint, but goes no further: 

use Win32::OLE;
use Cwd;
use File::Copy;

$cwd = cwd();
$input = 'input.xls';

$input_file = "$cwd\\Metrics_Data.txt";

copy ("Template1.xls", "$input");

print "Template file is:  $template1\n\n";
print "Input file is:  $input\n\n";

open INPUT_FILE, $input || die "No file\n";

$PptApp = Win32::OLE->new ('Powerpoint.Application');
$PptApp->{Visible} = 1;
$PpptApp = Presentations(Presentation1)->Open("$input"), ReadOnly ->Tr
+ue;

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I made the following ppt macro and am trying to convert it to Perl: 
Sub Open_Slide()
'
' Macro recorded 9/8/2001 by William T. Smith
'

    Presentations.Add WithWindow:=msoTrue
    ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide Index:=ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(I
+ndex:=1, Layout:=ppLayoutBlank).SlideIndex
End Sub

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If you have any sample code to get me over the initial hump, I'll be flying...

Bill

In reply to Re: Re: Powerpoint OLE by smithwt
in thread Powerpoint OLE by smithwt

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