Custom XML Data in PowerPoint 2010 Using PPT.CustomerDataDemo in VB.NET

Posted in VB.NET | VBA on November 08, 2019

Tags: Use Custom XML Data, PowePoint tutorial, PowerPoint 2010, use of PPT.CustomerDataDemo in PowerPoint

In this article I am going to explain about how to use custom XML data in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation.

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Introduction

In this article I am going to explain about how to use custom XML data in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation. For this we use PPT.CustomerDataDemo in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Using PPT.TableProperties we can use custom XML Data in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation.

Microsoft Office 2010 offer some powerful tools, using this tools you can create application. Using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) you can create your own application according to your need. These application can performer some specific task.

For creating application we can use

VBA host of Excel 2010
VBA host of PowerPoint 2010
VBA host of Word 2010n

NOTE : OneNote 2010 is not a VBA host.

Code that we use in this application are given below

Sub WorkWithCustomerData()

    Dim shp As Shape
    Dim sld As Slide
    sld = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
    shp = sld.Shapes.AddShape(msoShape7pointStar, 10, 10, 200, 200)

    ' Add a CustomXMLPart as the CustomerData property of the shape.
    Dim xmlPart As CustomXMLPart
    xmlPart = shp.CustomerData.Add

    ' Print out the unique ID:
    Dim customerDataId As String
    customerDataId = xmlPart.Id
    Debug.Print(customerDataId)

    ' Put some well-formed XML into the part. You might get this XML from a
    ' text file, from a database, or from a Web Service:

    xmlPart.LoadXML("<XMLData TextToDisplay='Title' Date='5/15/2012' Author='Lucy'>Here's some
    text!</XMLData>")
    Debug.Print(xmlPart.XML)

    ' Make a copy of the shape:
    shp.Copy()

    ' Create a new slide, and paste the shape into the new slide:
    Dim sld2 As Slide
    sld2 = ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(2, ppLayoutBlank)
    sld2.Shapes.Paste()

    ' Retrieve a reference to the new shape:
    Dim shp2 As Shape
    shp2 = sld2.Shapes(1)

    Dim cxp As CustomXMLPart
    For Each cxp In shp2.CustomerData
        customerDataId = cxp.Id
        xmlPart = shp2.CustomerData.Item(customerDataId)

        ' Verify that the custom XML content in the CustomerData property
        ' has been propogated with the copied shape:
        Debug.Print("Newly copied part: " & xmlPart.XML)

    Next cxp
End Sub