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    Saving to OneDrive using VBA powerpoint

    Apologies for lack of forum etiquette (first post)

    I am trying to make a button in powerpoint that will save a copy of the powerpoint to onedrive.
    why not just use the menus you may ask? well the macro also removes the VBA code.

    The problem is the code I am using is incredibly slow. Typically, a 75mb powerpoint will appear in the onedrive folder immediately if you save conventionally
    but will take over a minute using a macro button. Using VBA, a dialogue box appears with the "uploading to sharepoint" dialogue box which prevents the user from
    doing anything for the duration.

    code below
    ActivePresentation.SaveAs FileName:= _
    "https://companyname-my.sharepoint.com/personal/john_doe_companyname_com/Documents/testpowerpointfile.ppsx"

    The above code is what the macro recorder in Word and Excel suggest. Unfortunately, microsoft removed the recorder for powerpoint so I have no idea how it is supposed to be done
    to reduce the upload time. any help appreciated

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    Q: SharePoint or OneDrive?
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    Paul


    Remember: Tell us WHAT you want to do, not HOW you think you want to do it

    1. Use [CODE] ....[/CODE ] Tags for readability
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    As Paul says SharePoint or One Drive?

    Assuming you do mean OneDrive

    Call ActivePresentation.SaveAs(FileName:="https://d.docs.live.net/Your CID/testing2.pptx")
    OR
    Call ActivePresentation.SaveAs(FileName:="https://d.docs.live.net/Your CID//Documents/testing2.pptx")

    Your CID will be an 8 digit Hex number (ie 16 characters e.g. EAF7126A7B9FA22E) to get this go to onedrive.live.com and log in. It will show in the address bar.
    John Wilson
    Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
    Amazing Free PowerPoint Tutorials
    http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi...tutorials.html

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    When I open Onedrive from portal.office.com, the url is as https://companyname-my.sharepoint.com.
    As I mentioned previously, using the macro recorder from excel or word to save to 'onedrive' conventionally yields the following:


    ChDir "C:\Users\john.doe\OneDrive - COMPANY NAME LIMITED"
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _
    "https://companyname-my.sharepoint.com/personal/john_doe_companyname_com/Documents/Book1.xlsx" _
    , FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbook, CreateBackup:=False

    From this I believe it is sharepoint but it is called one drive sometimes

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    OneDrive for business uses SharePoint (as opposed to One Drive Personal

    That said your original code looks correct and the equivalent here runs quickly (It is a small file though but we have a very slow connection)
    John Wilson
    Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
    Amazing Free PowerPoint Tutorials
    http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi...tutorials.html

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