Close PowerPoint with actxserver

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jr1995
jr1995 on 25 Apr 2023
Commented: jr1995 on 28 Apr 2023
Hello,
I am using the actxserver() method to make PowerPoint presentations from Matlab. Is it possible to close the presentation at the end? I am using the following code (a method within a class):
I am looking for a quit method. The Quit-method does not work. Whereas when using an actxserver('Excel.Application'), the Quit-method does work and Excel get closed.
actXserver = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application'); %Create an ActiveX object
obj.actserverPP_1 = actXserver;
actXinterface = actXserver.Presentation.Open( fullfile(obj.templatePath_1, obj.templateName_1) ); %Open an existing presentation by supplying the fullpath to the file
obj.presentationInterface_1 = actXinterface;
%Other code
% ...
% ...
% Here I want to close the presentation:
% something like
% obj.actserverPP_1.Quit -> The quit method does not work
clear actXserver actXinterface
obj.actserverPP_1 = []; %Clear activeserver
obj.presentationInterface_1 = []; %Clear interface

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Cris LaPierre
Cris LaPierre on 25 Apr 2023
Edited: Cris LaPierre on 25 Apr 2023
I think something like this should do it.
h = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application')
h.Quit
If not, you could try this.
invoke(h,'Quit')
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jr1995
jr1995 on 28 Apr 2023
invoke(h, 'Quit') works perfectly. Thanks a lot

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