PowerPoint.Application.FileConverters.md

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Application.FileConverters property (PowerPoint)	vbapp10.chm502060	vbapp10.chm502060	PowerPoint.Application.FileConverters	2eaa06eb-e32c-cf07-03a2-880048468188	06/08/2017	medium

Application.FileConverters property (PowerPoint)

Returns information about installed file converters. Returns null if there are no converters installed. Read-only Variant.

Syntax

expression. FileConverters( _Index1_, _Index2_ )

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Index1	Optional	Variant	The long name of the converter, including the file-type search string in Windows (for example, "Lotus 1-2-3 Files (.wk)").
Index2	Optional	Variant	The path of the converter DLL or code resource.

Remarks

If you don't specify the index arguments, this property returns an array that contains information about all the installed file converters. Each row in the array contains information about a single file converter, as shown in the following table.

Column	Contents
1	The long name of the converter
2	The path of the converter DLL or code resource
3	The file-extension search string

Example

The following example displays a message if the Multiplan file converter is installed.

installedCvts = Application.FileConverters

foundMultiplan = False

If Not IsNull(installedCvts) Then

    For arrayRow = 1 To UBound(installedCvts, 1)

        If installedCvts(arrayRow, 1) Like "*Multiplan*" Then

            foundMultiplan = True

            Exit For

        End If

    Next arrayRow

End If

If foundMultiplan = True Then

    MsgBox "Multiplan converter is installed"

Else

    MsgBox "Multiplan converter is not installed"

End If

See also

Application Object

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