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    <p>I am using a macro in PowerPoint 2003 SP3 to find a specified chart in an Excel workbook, copy it, and then paste it into the current slide as an Enhanced Metafile with, ultimately, the following line of code:</p> <p><pre><code>Application.ActiveWindow.View.PasteSpecial DataType:=ppPasteEnhancedMetafile</pre></code></p> <p>As often as it works, I also receive the following error: <p></p> <pre>Run-time error '-2147188160 (80048240)': View (unknown member) : Invalid request. The specified data type is unavailable.</pre> <p>If I end the macro and attempt to manually Paste Special as Enhanced Metafile, I have no problem, so it's not as though the clipboard object or the pastespecialtype is invalid.</p> <p>Has anyone else experienced this? Do you have a solution or a workaround? There are few results and no solutions in a Google search on this error.</p> <hr> <p><b>Update</b></p> <p>The general code is as follows:</p> <pre><code>Set presPPTCurrent = ActivePresentation Set objXLApp = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") ''#Find the target chart and copy it to the clipboard With objXLApp ''#This part works - if I go to Excel, I can see that the chart is copied End With ''#Now paste in the chart as an Enhanced Metafile presPPTCurrent.Application.Activate Application.ActiveWindow.View.PasteSpecial DataType:=ppPasteEnhancedMetafile </code></pre> <p>Note that this is in a Sub to which a Shape is passed (the Shape being passed is used as a reference to find the chart in Excel). I've realized that it only bugs when I attempt to reuse this sub on multiple shapes passed from a For Next loop in another Sub.</p> <p>However, if I pass a single Shape to this Sub with via another Sub and then re-run the Sub that passes multiple Shapes, it runs fine.</p> <hr> <p><b>Solution</b></p> <p>Per Otaku's mention, the macro was losing its focus on the Slide Pane. Telling it to re-select the Slide Pane solved the issue.</p> <p><pre><code>Application.ActiveWindow.Panes(2).Activate</pre></code></p>
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    1. COThe issue is very likely the loss of focus on PowerPoint, and therefore there is no `ActiveWindow`. If you post your code about grabbing from Excel, that may be helpful.
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    2. CO@Otaku - thanks for your input. I'm trying to figure out the proper way to activate the window again. Assuming this is the problem, I'm still not having success. Thanks again. Very much appreciated.
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