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Desmond777 - 26 Mar 2008 00:07 GMT

In VBA I am trying to make powerpoint find a text file. I want powerpoint to
look for the text file in the same folder as the ppt.

Eg:

I have at the moment -

C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\New Folder\text.txt

That wont work on computers that are not called User

Instead I just want it to look for the text file in the same folder that it
is in.

What directory do I type to make that happen?

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Chirag - 26 Mar 2008 02:41 GMT

ActivePresentation.Path will give you the full path to the folder of the
active ppt. You can construct the path to text.txt file as follows:

ActivePresentation.Path + "\text.txt"

- Chirag

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> In VBA I am trying to make powerpoint find a text file. I want powerpoint
> to
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> What directory do I type to make that happen?

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Shyam Pillai - 26 Mar 2008 02:41 GMT

ActivePresentation.Path will give you the path to the active presentation.
If the presentation has never been saved then the path will be blank.

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> In VBA I am trying to make powerpoint find a text file. I want powerpoint
> to
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> What directory do I type to make that happen?

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