How to convert PPTX to Image file (or) PPTX to PDF using VB script or other scripts

[Kaviyarasu]

  Requirements:      

            In desktop flow itself I need to convert PPTX file to image or pdf file format. Please help me to solve this problem

[MichaelAnnis]

In PAD, open the PowerPoint, and then use the UI elements to File -> Print -> Print Slides. After this I believe there is a drop down option for slides per page (1,2,4, 6, pr 8). There is another drop down for with or without notes. Everything should be accessible through windows UI elements, so I would figure out how to do it, and then simply use the desktop recorder to get a good start. 

[Highboy · Accepted solution]

One way to do it is to create a seperate flow with two input variables.
In my example there are two input variables called pptxdoc and pdfdoc.

I called the standalone flow pptxtopdf and it contains one call to powershell

---------- Paste below into a new flow, create the two input variables and save it----------

Scripting.RunPowershellScript Script: $'''$powerpnt = New-Object -ComObject PowerPoint.Application
$doc = \"%PPTXDoc%\"
$saveaspath = \"%pdfdoc%\"
$openDoc = $powerpnt.Presentations.Open($doc,[Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoFalse,[Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoFalse,[Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoFalse)
$openDoc.SaveAs($saveaspath , [Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PpSaveAsFileType]::ppSaveAsPDF,[Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState]::msoFalse)
$openDoc.Close()
$powerpnt.Quit()''' ScriptOutput=> PowershellOutput ScriptError=> ScriptError

---------- Do NOT paste this line and the text below into pad ----------

Now you have a way to convert pptx files into pdf by calling the desktop flow you just saved, with two parameters (And you can reuse it in all your scripts, in the future) 

[Kaviyarasu]

Thank you so much.