I want to open a powerpoint directly in a slideshow mode. The code I am trying to use is this:
Process.Start("powerpnt", "/s "str_Presfileopen)
'str_Presfileopen is a string containing the path of the file
But this doesn't work. It says that Comma')' or a valid expression continuation expected.
I tried to use the process start info:
Dim Presfileopen As New ProcessStartInfo()
Process.Start("powerpnt", "/s " Presfileopen)
But this doesn't work as well. Here too it says that Comma')' or a valid expression continuation expected.
What the hell am I doing wrong? As a test I wrote in the direct code and this works but I can't do it like this because I need the user to select the file from a list. The code that works:
Process.Start("powerpnt", "/s ""a.pptx")
You need to concatenate the strings together using the & or + operator. You also need to put quotes around it, in case the filename contains spaces:
Process.Start("powerpnt", "/s """ & str_PresFileOpen & """")