Solved: presentation.saveas puts out .pps, not .ppsx

[braddenn]

Used 2007 Powerpoint to load a .ppmx (macro) file. Then used Presentation.saveas filename ppSaveAsShow to generate a show presentation. The output is .pps which is not .ppsx or the new XML format. It is the old binary format. I tried to OR ppSaveAsShow with ppSaveAsPowerPoint7 using &. Did not work. How do I get XML output format?
This is similar to Presentation.open where there is a new (not in the 2007 help file) comment at MSDN that adds XML types to the list of filetypes supported.

[John Wilson]

Used 2007 Powerpoint to load a .ppmx (macro) file. Then used Presentation.saveas filename ppSaveAsShow to generate a show presentation. The output is .pps which is not .ppsx or the new XML format. It is the old binary format. I tried to OR ppSaveAsShow with ppSaveAsPowerPoint7 using &. Did not work. How do I get XML output format?
This is similar to Presentation.open where there is a new (not in the 2007 help file) comment at MSDN that adds XML types to the list of filetypes supported.

ppSaveAsOpenXMLShow??

[braddenn]

By golly. it worked. Wherever did you come up with that? Oh - got it:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb265921.aspx
i.e. whats new in 2007 office. Should have looked there. Thanks.

[Zack Barresse]

Nice one John!

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