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Q162121: PPT: Sample Code to Animate All Graph 8.0 Objects

Article: Q162121
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro
(Sub procedure) that finds all Microsoft Graph 8.0 objects in the active
presentation and applies an entry custom animation to each one. The macro
randomly chooses which animation effect to apply to each graph.

MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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     Sub GraphAnimationRandomizor()

        Const NumEffects As Byte = 58

        Dim SlideObject As Slide
        Dim ShapeObject As Shape
        Dim HoldRandomValue As Byte

        ' Make an array to store all the different types
        ' of Entry Animation Effects
        Dim EffectList(1 To NumEffects) As Long

        Dim GraphCount As Long

        ' Initialize the graph counter
        GraphCount = 0

        ' Set up the Effect list
        SetUpEffectList EffectList()

        ' Outer loop goes through every slide in the Active presentation
        For Each SlideObject In Application.ActivePresentation.Slides

           ' Inner loop goes through every shape in the presentation
           For Each ShapeObject In SlideObject.Shapes

              ' Check if the shape is an OLE object
              If ShapeObject.Type = msoEmbeddedOLEObject Then

                 ' Check if the shape is a graph
                 If ShapeObject.OLEFormat.ProgID = "MSGraph.Chart.8" Then

                    With ShapeObject.AnimationSettings

                       ' This property must be set to True for any of the
                       ' other properties of the AnimationSettings object
                       ' to take effect.
                       .Animate = msoTrue

                       ' Get a Random number
                       Randomize
                       HoldRandomValue = Int((NumEffects * Rnd) + 1)

                       ' Assigns a random animatation to the graph
                       .EntryEffect = EffectList(HoldRandomValue)
                    End With

                    ' Increment the graph counter
                    GraphCount = GraphCount + 1
                 End If

              End If

           Next ShapeObject

        Next SlideObject

        ' Check if any graphs were changed
        If GraphCount = 0 Then
           MsgBox "No Graphs are available. No changes were made " _
              & "to the presentation.", vbInformation, "No Graphs"
        Else

           ' Set up the message box
           If GraphCount = 1 Then
              MsgBox "One Graph was given a random custom animation.", _
                 vbInformation, "Random Custom Animation"
           Else
              MsgBox "Suscessfully applied a custom animation to all " _
                 & "Graphs.", vbInformation, GraphCount & " Graphs Animated"
           End If

        End If

     End Sub

     ' Assigns effect constants to the List Array
     Sub SetUpEffectList(ByRef List() As Long)

        ' Appear
        List(1) = ppEffectAppear

        ' Fly Effects
        List(2) = ppEffectFlyFromBottom
        List(3) = ppEffectFlyFromBottomLeft
        List(4) = ppEffectFlyFromBottomRight
        List(5) = ppEffectFlyFromLeft
        List(6) = ppEffectFlyFromRight
        List(7) = ppEffectFlyFromTop
        List(8) = ppEffectFlyFromTopLeft
        List(9) = ppEffectFlyFromTopRight

        ' Blinds Effects
        List(10) = ppEffectBlindsHorizontal
        List(11) = ppEffectBlindsVertical

        ' Box Effects
        List(12) = ppEffectBoxIn
        List(13) = ppEffectBoxOut

        ' Checkerboard Effects
        List(14) = ppEffectCheckerboardAcross
        List(15) = ppEffectCheckerboardDown

        ' Crawl Effects
        List(16) = ppEffectCrawlFromDown
        List(17) = ppEffectCrawlFromLeft
        List(18) = ppEffectCrawlFromRight
        List(19) = ppEffectCrawlFromUp

        ' Dissolve
        List(20) = ppEffectDissolve

        ' Flash Effect
        List(21) = ppEffectFlashOnceFast
        List(22) = ppEffectFlashOnceMedium
        List(23) = ppEffectFlashOnceSlow

        ' Peek Effect
        List(24) = ppEffectPeekFromDown
        List(25) = ppEffectPeekFromLeft
        List(26) = ppEffectPeekFromRight
        List(27) = ppEffectPeekFromUp

        ' Random Effects
        List(28) = ppEffectRandomBarsHorizontal
        List(29) = ppEffectRandomBarsVertical

        ' Spiral
        List(30) = ppEffectSpiral

        ' Split Effects
        List(31) = ppEffectSplitHorizontalIn
        List(32) = ppEffectSplitHorizontalOut
        List(33) = ppEffectSplitVerticalIn
        List(34) = ppEffectSplitVerticalOut

        ' Stretch Effects
        List(35) = ppEffectStretchAcross
        List(36) = ppEffectStretchDown
        List(37) = ppEffectStretchLeft
        List(38) = ppEffectStretchRight
        List(39) = ppEffectStretchUp

        ' Strips Effects
        List(40) = ppEffectStripsDownLeft
        List(41) = ppEffectStripsDownRight
        List(42) = ppEffectStripsLeftDown
        List(43) = ppEffectStripsLeftUp
        List(44) = ppEffectStripsRightDown
        List(45) = ppEffectStripsRightUp
        List(46) = ppEffectStripsUpLeft
        List(47) = ppEffectStripsUpRight

        ' Swivel
        List(48) = ppEffectSwivel

        ' Wipe Effects
        List(49) = ppEffectWipeDown
        List(50) = ppEffectWipeLeft
        List(51) = ppEffectWipeRight
        List(52) = ppEffectWipeUp

        ' Zoom Effects
        List(53) = ppEffectZoomBottom
        List(54) = ppEffectZoomCenter
        List(55) = ppEffectZoomIn
        List(56) = ppEffectZoomInSlightly
        List(57) = ppEffectZoomOut
        List(58) = ppEffectZoomOutSlightly

     End Sub

REFERENCES
==========

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro"
(without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Create a
macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to run a macro" (without
the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: 97 8.00 kbmacro kbpptvba ppt8 vba vbe macppt mac_ppt ppt98 98 powerpt

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Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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