Microsoft KB Archive/164583

= Sample Visual Basic code to retrieve the path for PowerPoint =

Article ID: 164583

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164583



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the location of Microsoft PowerPoint and displays the path in a message box.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
NOTE: The string that represents the path is returned as uppercase. Sub GetPowerPointPath MsgBox PowerPoint.Application.Path End Sub

