From: cwang on
Thanks Steve,

Any idea about the other 2 questions?



"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <91E2E341-511E-4BA1-B8B1-75B4428CC09A(a)microsoft.com>, Cwang wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am writing a program to convert a bunch of ppt files into JPEG files. Here
> > is the description of my program:
> >
> > try {
> > Application pptApp = new Application();
> > foreach (pptFile in pptFiles) {
> > Presentation pres = pptApp.Presentations.Open(pptFile,
> > Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoTrue,
> >
> > Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoFalse,
> >
> > Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoFalse);
> > pres.SaveAs(folder, PpSaveAsFileType.ppSaveAsJPG,
> > Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoTrue);
> > pres.Close();
> > } catch (Exception e) {
> > System.Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
> > }
> >
> > pptApp.Quit();
> >
> > After running a while, I got the error message as: The message filter
> > indicated that the application is busy. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8001010A
> > (RPC_E_SERVERCALL_RETRYLATER)).
> > My qyestions are:
> > 1. What does this mean?
> > 2. How to solve the problem?
>
> > 3. How to check if the Powerpnt application is running and get it before I
> > call "new Applicaion"?
>
> Not sure about the others, but if I understand the last question correctly, it
> shouldn't matter. PPT only allows a single instance of itself.
>
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> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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