Excel vba to hide powerpoint automation

NIPUL JARIWALA

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Hello,
I have designed a code to make a video file using PowerPoint and I run code using Excel.
But I am facing a problem.
I want to run code with Excel and I don't want PowerPoint to be appear.

I want to make it hide.

Please help me.




here is the code

Sub test1()
On Error GoTo er
Dim ppapp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim pppress As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim ppslide As PowerPoint.Slide
Dim pic, pic1, med As Shape
Dim ppmedia As MediaFormat
Dim fs As Long
Dim effNew As Effect

Set ppapp = New PowerPoint.Application

Set pppress = ppapp.Presentations.Add
Set ppslide = pppress.Slides.Add(1, ppLayoutTitle)


'slide setup
With pppress.PageSetup
.SlideSize = ppSlideSizeA3Paper 'different types of slide format
End With


'insert picture
Set pic = pppress.Slides(1).Shapes.AddPicture("d:\1132058.jpg", msoFalse, msoTrue, 0, 0)

'crop image
pppress.Slides(1).Shapes(3).PictureFormat.CropRight = 600


Set effNew = pppress.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=pic, _
EffectId:=msoAnimEffectStretchy, Trigger:=msoAnimTriggerAfterPrevious)

With effNew

With .Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeScale).ScaleEffect

.FromX = 75

.FromY = 75

.ToX = 0

.ToY = 0

End With

.Timing.AutoReverse = msoTrue

End With


'insert picture
Set pic1 = pppress.Slides(1).Shapes.AddPicture("d:\1.jpeg", msoFalse, msoTrue, 0, 100)



Set effNew = pppress.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=pic1, _
EffectId:=msoAnimEffectStretchy, Trigger:=msoAnimTriggerAfterPrevious)

With effNew

With .Behaviors.Add(msoAnimTypeScale).ScaleEffect

.FromX = 75

.FromY = 75

.ToX = 0

.ToY = 0

End With

.Timing.AutoReverse = msoTrue

End With

Set ppslide = pppress.Slides.Add(2, ppLayoutTitle)
'insert media
Set med = pppress.Slides(2).Shapes.AddMediaObject2(Filename:="C:\Users\Surface\Downloads\Imagine for 1 Minute.mp4", _
linktofile:=True, _
savewithdocument:=False, _
Top:=200, _
Left:=0, _
Height:=550, _
Width:=1050)
Set ppmedia = med.MediaFormat

Exit Sub
er:
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'pppress.SaveAs "C:\Users\Surface\Desktop\test.pptx"



'save as video
pppress.SaveAs _
Filename:="C:\Users\Surface\Desktop\test.mp4", _
FileFormat:=ppSaveAsMP4


fsss:
fs = FileLen("C:\Users\Surface\Desktop\test.mp4")
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))


If fs = 0 Then
GoTo fsss
Else
GoTo cl
End If


cl:
pppress.Close
ppapp.Quit
Set ppapp = Nothing

End Sub



please help me to make PowerPoint hide.
 

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