PowerPoint COM event handler initialization error

[anonymous]

I'm getting this error while trying to initialize a com event handler for Office PowerPoint events:

err.number is: -2147316576
err.windescription: Type mismatch.

The code i run is:

Local $oMyError = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error","MyErrFunc") ; Initialize a COM error handler

Local $AppPowerPoint = ObjCreate("PowerPoint.Application")

If Not IsObj($AppPowerPoint) Then
	MsgBox(0, "Error", "$AppPowerPoint is not an Object.")
Else
	MsgBox(0, "Error", "Successfully created Object $AppPowerPoint.")
EndIf
   
Local $pptEvt = ObjEvent($AppPowerPoint, "PowerPointEvent_") ; Initialize PowerPoint COM event handlers

Func MyErrFunc($oError)
	ConsoleWrite("err.number is: " & @TAB & $oError.number & @CRLF & "err.windescription:" & @TAB & $oError.windescription & @CRLF)
EndFunc

The error occurs on the line:
Local $pptEvt = ObjEvent($AppPowerPoint, "PowerPointEvent_") ; Initialize PowerPoint COM event handlers

and happens on Version 3.3.8.1 and 3.3.9.4 (Beta), but not on 3.3.6.1.

Tested on Win8 x64 and Win7 x64

Relevant thread: ​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/148251-powerpoint-com-event-handler-initialization-error/

[J-Paul Mesnage]

In fact As I am not and COM expert I cannot give definitive answer.

But What I can say is the COM error handling has been fied.
I you run under 3.3.4.0 at least under Win8 with Powerpoint 2010 you get a recursive calls to the errorhandler just returning 0 for any err information.

I suspect the problem is really around PowePoint itself.

[Jon]

Further info:

​http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/157515-autoit-v33111-beta/#entry1141328

[Jon]

Fixed by revision [9536] in version: 3.3.11.2