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Resolved Save DW or Graphic as Powerpoint

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  1. Angela Ohlberger
    Angela Ohlberger
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  3. Monday, 10 February 2020 15:16 PM UTC

Hi all,
Does anyone know if it is possible to save a datawindow or a graphic from Powerbuilder directly into a Powerpoint? I couldn't find a way in Powerbuilder and also no 3rd party tool achieving this requirement.

Thanks & regards

Angela

Issue with PowerBuilder 2019 runtime dlls.
Good build, bad deployment
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Monday, 10 February 2020 21:21 PM UTC
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Hi Angela;

1) Manually ... the good old ALT+PRTSCN

2) Code ... Clipboard() command in PB for text & graphics

3) Fully automated ...

 Use #2, then FindWindow () SDK function plus send PP a "paste" request via the PB SEND() command

4) OLE as per Miguel's suggestion.

Regards ... Chris

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Angela Ohlberger
  1. Angela Ohlberger
  2. Tuesday, 11 February 2020 08:30 AM UTC
We should probably use OLE Automation.
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Michael Kramer
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  1. Monday, 10 February 2020 19:45 PM UTC
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Miguel is right. You will need OLE Automation or some other technique to save DataWindow content to a PowerPoint slide. You will need to develop the save-as functionality yourself.

HTH /Michael

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Michael Kramer
  1. Michael Kramer
  2. Monday, 10 February 2020 22:34 PM UTC
I used Windows' Snipping Tool (located in Start > Windows Accessories) for the featured article on RibbonBar controls. It cuts screen sections to the Windows clipboard. So it is good for writing documentation but less good for automated "save to PowerPoint" for end-users.

Link: https://community.appeon.com/index.php/articles-blogs/tutorials-articles/2-powerbuilder/264-how-to-define-events-for-ribbonbar-controls.
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Angela Ohlberger
  1. Angela Ohlberger
  2. Tuesday, 11 February 2020 08:21 AM UTC
That is the current workaround for the users (and for our documentation).
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Miguel Leeuwe
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  1. Monday, 10 February 2020 15:23 PM UTC
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Hi,

I guess that saving a dw into powerpoint will be difficult, but saving an image (not sure what you mean with "graphic"), should be possible using OLE.

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Angela Ohlberger
  1. Angela Ohlberger
  2. Tuesday, 11 February 2020 08:07 AM UTC
Graphic means the graph object for different types of graphs, e.g. Pie, Bar or Area.
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