SYMPTOMS
If you call
Presentation.Close in one of the following Microsoft PowerPoint events
- NewPresentation
- PresentationOpen
- PresentationClose
- PresentationNewSlide
- PresentationPrint
- SlideShowBegin
- WindowActivate
- WindowBeforeDoubleClick
- WindowBeforeRightClick
- WindowDeactivate
you receive the following error message:
Run-time error '-2147188160 (80048240)':
Application (unknown member): Invalid request. "The operation cannot be performed in this handler"
RESOLUTION
Two new events, the
AfterNewPresentation and the
AfterPresentationOpen events, were added to the PowerPoint object model in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP-2). To resolve this problem, replace both the
NewPresentation and the
PresentationOpen events with the new events in Office XP SP-2.
NOTE: The
NewPresentation and
PresentationOpen events are the only events that are addressed in Office XP SP-2.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack
The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Size File name
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26-Apr-2002 15:56 2,275,384 Powerpnt.msp
26-Apr-2002 16:40 8,168,448 Powerpnt_admin.msp
01-May-2002 10:31 2,642 Readme.txt
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed
attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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24-Apr-2002 12:44 10.0.4016.0 244,040 Msppt.olb
24-Apr-2002 12:44 10.0.4016.0 5,974,344 Powerpnt.exe