Running VB code in Matlab

% Set the control's position to be just inside
% the container's pixel position
initPos = getpixelposition(hParent) + [2,3,-5,-5];
[hActiveX,hContainer] = actxcontrol('MSComctlLib.ListViewCtrl.2', ...
                                    initPos, gcf, ...
                                    @lbEventHandler);
bgColor = get(hContainer,'backgroundColor');
bgColorDec = sum(floor(bgColor*256).*(256.^[0:2]));  %#ok
% Customize the control's appearance
set(hActiveX, 'view','lvwReport', 'BorderStyle','ccNone', ...
              'AllowColumnReorder',0, 'Appearance','ccFlat', ...
              'Sorted',0, 'Checkboxes',1, 'FullRowSelect',1, ...
              'HotTracking',1, 'HoverSelection',0, ...
              'HideColumnHeaders',0, 'BackColor',bgColorDec);
% Set the column headers
panelPos = hgconvertunits(gcf, ...
                          get(hContainer,'Position'), ...
                          get(hContainer,'Units'), ...
                          'centimeters', hParent);
panelWidth = panelPos(3)*955;  % [Microsoft units...]
colWidths = panelWidth * [0.2,0.2,0.6];
hColHeaders = get(hActiveX,'ColumnHeaders');
hColHeaders.Add(1,'Name','Name',colWidths(1));
hColHeaders.Add(2,'Type','Type',colWidths(2));
hColHeaders.Add(3,'Comment','Comment',colWidths(3));
% Add some data
blue = hex2dec('FF0000');  % reverse HTML hex color: BBGGRR
data = { 'Orange', 'Fruit',     'My favorite fruit'; ...
         'Onion',  'Vegetable', 'An onion a day keeps everybody else away'; ...
         'Apple',  'Fruit',     'An apple a day keeps the doctor away'; ...
         'Tomato', 'Vegetable', 'You say tomato, I say tomato, let''s call the whole thing off'};
for rowData = data'
    row = hActiveX.ListItems.Add([],rowData{1},rowData{1});
    row.ListSubItems.Add([],[],rowData{2},[],rowData{2});
    row.ListSubItems.Add([],[],rowData{3},[],rowData{3});
    row.ListSubItems.Item(1).ForeColor = blue;
end

% Event handler for ListBox item click
% Note: see documentation within %matlabroot%\toolbox\matlab\winfun\private\comeventcallback.m
function lbEventHandler(obj,eventId,item,eventArgs,eventName,varargin)
  try
    if (nargin<5) || ~ischar(eventName)
      return;   % can't tell which event this is
    end
    switch eventName
      case 'ItemClick',
        item.Checked = 1 - item.Checked;
        doSomethingUseful(item);
      case 'ItemCheck',
        % do nothing
      case 'ColumnClick',
        % Update the sorting order for the new (clicked) column
        obj.Sorted = 1;
        newSortKey = item.Index - 1;
        if strcmpi(obj.SortOrder,'lvwAscending') && (newSortKey == obj.SortKey)
          obj.SortOrder = 'lvwDescending';
          sortStr = ' v';
        else
          obj.SortOrder = 'lvwAscending';
          sortStr = ' ^';
        end
        % Update the column header text with the sort "icon" string
        if (obj.SortKey ~= newSortKey)
          oldColHeader = obj.ColumnHeaders.Item(obj.SortKey + 1);
          oldColHeader.Text = strrep(oldColHeader.Text,' v','');
          oldColHeader.Text = strrep(oldColHeader.Text,' ^','');
          newColHeader = obj.ColumnHeaders.Item(newSortKey + 1);
          newColHeader.Text = [newColHeader.Text sortStr];
        end
        obj.SortKey = newSortKey;
      otherwise,
        % do nothing
    end  % switch eventName
  catch
    handleError;
  end
end  % lbEventHandler

% Load the images using ScriptControl
hScriptControl = actxserver('MSScriptControl.ScriptControl');
hScriptControl.Language = 'VBScript';
picUp   = hScriptControl.Eval('LoadPicture("..\Icons\UpIcon.gif")');
picDown = hScriptControl.Eval('LoadPicture("..\Icons\DownIcon.gif")');
% Now prepare an ImageList with these images
[hImageListActiveX, hContainer2] = actxcontrol('MSComctlLib.ImageListCtrl.2',initPos);
set(hContainer2,'Pos',[initPos(1:2),1,1]);  % hide the control
hImageListActiveX.ListImages.Add([],[],picUp);
hImageListActiveX.ListImages.Add([],[],picDown);
% Finally, attach the images to the ListViewCtrl headers
hActiveX.ColumnHeaderIcons = hImageListActiveX;

% Event handler for ListBox item click
% Note: see documentation within %ML\toolboc\matlab\winfun\private\comeventcallback.m
function lbEventHandler(obj,eventId,item,eventArgs,eventName,varargin)
  try
    if (nargin<5) || ~ischar(eventName)
      return;   % can't tell which event this is
    end
    switch eventName
      case 'ItemClick',
        item.Checked = 1 - item.Checked;
        doSomethingUseful(item);
      case 'ItemCheck',
        % do nothing
      case 'ColumnClick',
        % Update the sorting order for the new (clicked) column
        obj.Sorted = 1;
        newSortKey = item.Index - 1;
        if strcmpi(obj.SortOrder,'lvwAscending') && (newSortKey == obj.SortKey)
          obj.SortOrder = 'lvwDescending';
          sortIconIndex = 1;
        else
          obj.SortOrder = 'lvwAscending';
          sortIconIndex = 0;
        end
        % Remove sort icon from previous column
        setSortIcon(obj.hWnd,obj.SortKey,-1);
        % Add the sort icon to the clicked column header
        setSortIcon(obj.hWnd,newSortKey,sortIconIndex);
        % Update the previous column header text, to remove '...' due to the sort icon
        if (obj.SortKey ~= newSortKey)
          oldColHeader = obj.ColumnHeaders.Item(obj.SortKey + 1);
          oldColHeader.Text = oldColHeader.Text;
        end
        obj.SortKey = newSortKey;
      otherwise,
        % do nothing
    end  % switch eventName
  catch
    handleError;
  end
end  % lbEventHandler

% Initiate active X component
powerPoint = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application');
% Visible
powerPoint.Visible=1;
% Minimize powerpoint
powerPoint.WindowState=2;
% Load presentations object
presentations = powerPoint.presentations;
% Open file
presentation = invoke(presentations,'open',fileName);
% Load VBA project
k = presentation.VBProject.Collection.get();
% Run Macro
k = invoke(presentation.application,'run',macroName,varargin{:});
% Close all
presentation.Save;
presentation.Close;
powerPoint.Quit;
powerPoint.delete;