From: dean.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   Peter Webb wrote:   
   > Yeah ... I want to control powerpoint with Excel, drawing slides using   
   > powerpoint.   
   >   
   > I've got the graphics happening in Excel, but I want them on slides.   
   >   
   > Now I have a different problem, which (I'm sorry I have nowhere else to   
   > turn) is as follows.   
   >   
   > I include the powerpoint class libraries, and they have their own shape   
   > libraries, which are exactly the same except they draw on a slide.   
   > However, I now have two subtly different classes, both called "shape".   
   > When I key in   
   >   
   > Dim abc As Shape   
   >   
   > I get two choices for "Shape", and I seem to have no idea which class I   
   > have created. Is there some way to force it to use the class I want?   
      
   You will need to qualify them with a library name, which I THINK (I   
   don't use Office or VBA) are Excel and PowerPoint.   
      
   Dim abc As Excel.Shape   
      
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