Q165217: PPT: Sample VB Code to Create a Custom Slide Show
Article: Q165217
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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Microsoft PowerPoint has a Custom Show feature that allows you to show some of
the slides in a presentation as a slide show or to reorder the slides when you
run a slide show.
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub
procedure) that creates a custom show. The macro creates a custom show that
includes every slide in the active presentation. You can modify the code to
select specific slides to be a part of your custom show.
MORE INFORMATION
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article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being
demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft
support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular
procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added
functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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Sub CreateCustomShow()
On Error Resume Next
'Change this value to the name you want to use for your
'custom slide show.
Const strDefaultName As String = "My Custom Show"
Dim lNumSlides, lSlideList(), lCount As Long
Dim oSlide As Slide
Dim strPrompt, strShowName As String
Dim Continue As Boolean: Continue = False
'Get the number of slides in the active presentation.
lNumSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
'Make sure at least 1 slide is in the presentation.
If lNumSlides < 1 Then
MsgBox "No slides in the presentation.", vbExclamation, "No Slides"
End
End If
'Initialize the counter.
lCount = 0
'Loop through the slides in the presentation.
For Each oSlide In ActivePresentation.Slides
'Make the array one element larger.
ReDim Preserve lSlideList(lCount)
'Add the slide id to the array.
lSlideList(lCount) = oSlide.SlideID
'Increment the counter.
lCount = lCount + 1
Next oSlide
'Reset the counter
lCount = 0
'Set the name of the custom show to the default.
strShowName = strDefaultName
'Loop until a custom show is created.
Do
'Increment the counter.
lCount = lCount + 1
With ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows
'Clear the error object.
Err.Clear
'Create the custom show.
.Add strShowName, lSlideList
'Check to see if an error occurred creating the show.
'A run-time error occurs if the custom show name you specify
'is already being used.
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
'Change the name of the custom show
strShowName = strDefaultName & " " & CStr(lCount)
Else
Continue = True
End If
End With
Loop While Continue = False
'Create and then display message box.
strPrompt = "Successfully created custom show named " & strShowName _
& ". To view the show:" & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
& Chr(9) _
& "1. On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Shows." _
& Chr(13) & Chr(9) _
& "2. Highlight the custom show you want to run." _
& Chr(13) & Chr(9) _
& "3. Click the show button to run the show." _
& Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
& "NOTE: If the Custom Shows dialog box is visible " _
& "when you run this macro. Close and" _
& Chr(13) _
& "then reopen the dialog box to see the updated custom show list."
MsgBox strPrompt, vbInformation, "Custom Show Created!"
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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