Source code for printppt.bat

@ECHO OFF

ECHO.

IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax

SETLOCAL

IF      "%~1"=="" GOTO Syntax

IF NOT  "%~2"=="" GOTO Syntax

SET Ext=%~x1

SET Ext=%Ext:~1,3%

IF /I NOT "%Ext%"=="PPT" GOTO Syntax

IF    NOT EXIST "%~1"    GOTO Syntax

SET PptProg=

IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\PPTVIEW.EXE" (

	SET PptProg="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\PPTVIEW.EXE" /S

	SET PrgDesc=PowerPoint Viewer 2003

)

IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\PPTVIEW.EXE" (

	SET PptProg="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\PPTVIEW.EXE" /S

	SET PrgDesc=PowerPoint Viewer 2007

)

IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\POWERPNT.EXE" (

	SET PptProg="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE"

	SET PrgDesc=PowerPoint 2003

)

IF EXIST "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE" (

	SET PptProg="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE"

	SET PrgDesc=PowerPoint 2007

)

IF NOT DEFINED PptProg GOTO Syntax

ECHO Using Microsoft Office %PrgDesc% to print "%~1"

START "PowerPoint" %PptProg% /P "%~1"

ENDLOCAL

GOTO:EOF

:Syntax

ECHO PrintPPT.bat,  Version 1.00 for Windows NT 4 and later

ECHO Open a print dialog for the specified PowerPoint file

ECHO.

ECHO Usage:  PRINTPPT  powerpoint_file

ECHO.

ECHO Where:  powerpoint_file is the PowerPoint file to be printed

ECHO.

ECHO Note:   This batch file requires either PowerPoint

ECHO         or PowerPoint Viewer, Version 2003 or 2007

ECHO.

ECHO More info on PowerPoint command line switches:

ECHO http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101538891033.aspx

ECHO http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830040

ECHO.

ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude

ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com

IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ENDLOCAL

IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" EXIT /B 1