Running other Apps from Access

[SteveR]

By inserting an OLE object into a bound field on a form I can run a Powerpoint show directly from Access. What I can't figure out is how to print the complete show from a control in Access and, preferably without showing the MSPowerpoint start up screen first. i.e. all that happens is a single click on a button that produces the printed show at the printer.

 

[peldridg]

I've done this sort of thing with Word. See CreateApplication in the Help file to create an instance of Powerpoint and use VBA to print the Powerpoint file.

 

[peldridg]

Sorry - its CreateObject.