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Article ID: 285472 - Last Review: June 8, 2007 - Revision: 3.1
Run-time error -2147188160 on ActiveWindow or ActivePresentation call in PowerPoint
This article was previously published under Q285472
SYMPTOMS
When you try to run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that creates or opens a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you may receive an error message that resembles the following error message:
Run-time error '-2147188160 (80048240)':
Application (unknown member): Invalid request. There is no currently active document window.
The same macro runs without error in Microsoft Office 97.
CAUSE
This behavior is caused by using any PowerPoint ActiveWindow or ActivePresentation property, method, or event when the PowerPoint program is not visible. The following sample code will cause this error.
Sub A()
Dim oPpt As PowerPoint.Application
Set oPpt = New PowerPoint.Application
oPpt.Presentations.Add
oPpt.Presentations(1).Slides.Add 1, ppLayoutBlank
'The following line causes the run-time error
msgbox oPpt.ActiveWindow.Caption
End Sub
This error message does not occur in Microsoft PowerPoint 97.
WORKAROUND
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To work around this behavior, add the following lines of code once in any sub procedure before any ActiveWindow or ActivePresentation calls.
If PowerPoint.Application.Version >= 9 Then
'window must be visible
PowerPoint.Application.Visible = msoTrue
End If
This code makes PowerPoint visible for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 and for later versions of PowerPoint. PowerPoint 97 does not need to be made visible.
The sample code that is mentioned in the "Cause" section would change to the following code.
Sub A()
Dim oPpt As PowerPoint.Application
Set oPpt = New PowerPoint.Application
oPpt.Presentations.Add
oPpt.Presentations(1).Slides.Add 1, ppLayoutBlank
If oPpt.Version >= 9 Then
'window must be visible
oPpt.Visible = msoTrue
End If
oPpt.ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide 1
End Sub
This workaround may not work for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
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