CheckIn Method

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

CheckIn Method

       

Returns a presentation from a local computer to a server, and sets the local file to read-only so that it cannot be edited locally.

expression.CheckIn(SaveChanges, Comments, MakePublic)

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

SaveChanges  Optional Boolean. True saves the presentation to the server location. The default value is False.

Comments  Optional Variant. Comments for the revision of the presentation being checked in (only applies if SaveChanges equals True).

MakePublic  Optional Variant. True allows the user to perform a publish on the presentation after being checked in. This submits the document for the approval process, which can eventually result in a version of the presentation being published to users with read-only rights to the presentation (only applies if SaveChanges equals True).

Remarks

To take advantage of the collaboration features built into Microsoft PowerPoint, presentations must be stored on a Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server.

Example

This example checks the server to see if the specified presentation can be checked in and, if so, closes the presentation and checks it back into server.

Sub CheckInPresentation(strPresentation As String)
    If Presentations(strPresentation).CanCheckIn = True Then
        Presentations(strPresentation).CheckIn
        MsgBox strPresentation & " has been checked in."
    Else
        MsgBox strPresentation & " cannot be checked in " & _
        "at this time.  Please try again later."
    End If
End Sub

To call the subroutine above, use the following subroutine and replace the "http://servername/workspace/report.ppt" file name with an actual file located on a server mentioned in the Remarks section above.

Sub CheckInPresentation()
    Call CheckInPresentation(strPresentation:= _
        "http://servername/workspace/report.ppt")
End Sub