Powerpoint grouping

[Jewtus]

I'm trying to figure out how to adapt this code to work with my autoit script. (it works in the vb editor for ppt)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/163566

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Sub GroupObjects()

      ' Dimension the variables.
      Dim shapeObject As shape
      Dim lSlideNumber As Long
      Dim strPrompt, strTitle As String
      Dim ShapeList() As String
      Dim count As Long

      ' Initialize the counter.
      count = 0

      ' Make sure PowerPoint is in slide view.
      If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then

         ' Set up the error message.
         strPrompt = "You must be in slide view to run this macro." _
            & " Change to slide view and run the macro again."
         strTitle = "Not In Slide View"

         ' Display the error message.
         MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle

         ' Stop the macro.
         End

      End If

      ' Get the current slide number.
      lSlideNumber = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber

      ' Loop through the shapes on the slide.
      For Each shapeObject In _
         ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes

         ' See whether shape is a placeholder.
         If shapeObject.Type <> msoPlaceholder Then

            ' Increment count if the shape is not a placeholder.
            count = count + 1

            ' Get the name of the shape and store it in the ShapeList
            ' array.
            ReDim Preserve ShapeList(1 To count)
            ShapeList(count) = shapeObject.Name

         End If

      Next shapeObject

      ' If more than 1 object (excluding a placeholder object) is found,
      ' group the objects.
      If count > 1 Then
         With ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes

            ' Group the shapes together.
            .Range(ShapeList()).Group.Select
         End With
      Else

         Select Case count

            ' One shape found.
            Case 1

               ' Set up the message.
               strPrompt = "Only one shape found." _
                  & " You need at least two shapes to group."
               strTitle = "One Shape Available"

            ' Zero shapes found.
            Case 0

               ' Set up the message.
               strPrompt = "No shapes found. You need to have at " _
                  & "least two shapes, excluding placeholders."
               strTitle = "No Shapes Available"

            ' An error occurred.
            Case Else

               ' Set up the message.
               strPrompt = "The macro found an error it could not correct."
               strTitle = "Error"

         End Select

         ' Display the message.
         MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle

      End If

   End Sub

What this code does is automatically group all the objects on a slide. I am trying to adapt it to group only the objects with a specific name:

#include <Array.au3>
    Global $oPPT2 = ObjCreate("PowerPoint.Application")
    $oCopyPresentation = $oPPT2.Presentations.Open("C:\Sources\DELETEME.pptx",True)
    $oCopyPresentation.Slides(2).Select  ; move to slide 2
    $oCopySlide=$oCopyPresentation.Slides.Item(2) ; Define slide 2
    local $shapeList[0]
    for $x=1 to 80
        $ObjNames=$oCopySlide.Shapes.Item($x).Name
        MsgBox(0,"",$ObjNames)
    next
    If Stringinstr($ObjNames,"CopyObj") then _ArrayAdd($shapeList,$oCopySlide.Shapes.Item($x).Name)
    $oCopySlide.Shapes.Range($shapeList).Group.Select

This seems to work up until it gets to the group command and I cannot figure out what I need to change to get it to group all the objects. I've tried finding examples that use the index to no avail. What am I missing?

Ultimately what I want to do is group the object, then copy the group and paste it to another PPT (hence the $oppt2 obj). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

Edit: I have also tried this code in the PPT vb editor and it does exactly what I want (I used the name array to generate the list and pasted it into the PPT vb)

ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes.Range(Array("CopyObj1", "CopyObj2", "CopyObj3", "CopyObj4", "CopyObj5", "CopyObj6", "CopyObj7", "CopyObj8", "CopyObj9", "CopyObj10", "CopyObj11", "CopyObj12", "CopyObj13", "CopyObj14", "CopyObj15", "CopyObj16", "CopyObj17", "CopyObj18", "CopyObj19", "CopyObj20", "CopyObj21", "CopyObj22", "CopyObj23", "CopyObj24", "CopyObj25", "CopyObj26", "CopyObj27", "CopyObj28", "CopyObj29", "CopyObj30", "CopyObj31", "CopyObj32", "CopyObj33", "CopyObj34", "CopyObj35", "CopyObj36", "CopyObj37", "CopyObj38", "CopyObj39", "CopyObj40", "CopyObj41", "CopyObj42", "CopyObj43", "CopyObj44", "CopyObj45", "CopyObj46", "CopyObj47", "CopyObj48", "CopyObj49", "CopyObj50", "CopyObj51", "CopyObj52", "CopyObj53", "CopyObj54", "CopyObj55")).Group.Select

 

Edited May 13, 2016 by Jewtus

[water]

Add a COM error handler and you will get detailed error information. Please see ObjEvent in the the help file for an example.

[Jewtus]

Well, I put the logger in and it started working... Not sure why. I tried to toggle it off and it is still working. Must have had an orphan process or something funky going on.

 

In case someone needs it in the future:

Global $oPPT2 = ObjCreate("PowerPoint.Application")
    $oCopyPresentation = $oPPT2.Presentations.Open($filename,True,False,False)
    $oCopyPresentation.Slides(2).Select
    $oCopySlide=$oCopyPresentation.Slides.Item(2)
    local $shapeList[0]
    for $x=1 to 80
        $ObjNames=$oCopySlide.Shapes.Item($x).Name
        If StringInStr($ObjNames,"CopyObj") then _ArrayAdd($shapeList,$oCopySlide.Shapes.Item($x).Name)
    Next
    $oCopySlide.Shapes.Range($shapeList).Group.Copy

 

Edited May 13, 2016 by Jewtus

[water]

The need for a COM error handler depends on the AutoIt version you run. After AutoIt 3.3.12.0 COM errors crash a script without COM error handler.