Q163857: PPT: Sample VB Code Adds Multiple New Slides to Presentation
Article: Q163857
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
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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 asks you how many slides you want to add to the current
presentation and inserts the new slides based on the Bulleted List AutoLayout at
the end of your presentation.
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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Sub InsertMultipleSlides()
' Used for error trapping.
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
' Change this value to the maximum number of slides you want to
' create.
Const MAX_SLIDES As Long = 250
' Change this to the auto layout you want to use. This value can be
' any PpSlideLayout constant.
Const DEFAULT_AUTO_LAYOUT As Long = ppLayoutText
' Dimension the variables.
Dim lLastSlide, i As Long
Dim lToCreate, lResult As Long
Dim Continue As Boolean
Dim strInputPrompt, strResult, strPlural As String
' Initialize the message for the input box.
strInputPrompt = "Enter the number of slides you want to create. "
' Loop until valid input.
Do
' Ask how many slides do you want to create.
strResult = InputBox(strInputPrompt)
' Check for valid input.
If strResult = "" Then
' If NULL string returned, stop the macro.
End
End If
' Convert string to integer.
lToCreate = CLng(strResult)
' Check for a type mismatch.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' Reset the err object.
Err.Clear
' Repeat the loop.
Continue = False
End If
' Check for valid entry.
If lToCreate <= MAX_SLIDES And lToCreate > 0 Then
Continue = True
Else
Continue = False
End If
' Change the message of input box if invalid entry is made.
If Continue = False Then
strInputPrompt = "Invalid entry, please enter a value " _
& "between 1 and " & MAX_SLIDES & "." & Chr(13) _
& Chr(13) & strInputPrompt
End If
Loop Until Continue = True
' See whether slides or slide is needed in the MsgBox.
If lToCreate = 1 Then
strPlural = "slide"
Else
strPlural = "slides"
End If
' Ask for confirmation.
lResult = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to create " & lToCreate _
& " new " & strPlural & ", at the end of the presentation, using " _
& "the Bulleted List auto layout?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion)
' Find out what the user selected in the message box.
If lResult = vbNo Then
'Stop the Macro.
End
End If
' Get the number of slides in the active presentation.
lLastSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
' Create the new slides.
For i = 1 To lToCreate
lLastSlide = lLastSlide + 1
ActivePresentation.Slides.Add lLastSlide, DEFAULT_AUTO_LAYOUT
' Find out whether error occurred when creating the new slides.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Unable to add new slides to the presentation. " _
, vbCritical, "Error When Adding New Slides"
' Stop the macro.
End
End If
Next i
' Display closing message.
MsgBox "Successfully added " & lToCreate & " " & strPlural & _
" to the active presentation.", vbInformation, "Macro Done"
End Sub
REFERENCES
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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
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