Microsoft KB Archive/165216

= PPT97: Sample VB Code Retrieves Total Number of Custom Shows =

Article ID: 165216

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 Q165216



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts the number of custom shows within the active presentation and displays a message box indicating the number of custom shows in the active presentation.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CountCustomShows

Dim lTotalCustomShows As Long Dim strPrompt As String

'Get the total number of custom slide shows defined in the 'active presentation. lTotalCustomShows = ActivePresentation _ .SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows.Count

'Create the message for the message box. If lTotalCustomShows = 1 Then strPrompt = "You have " & lTotalCustomShows _ & " custom show defined." Else strPrompt = "You have " & lTotalCustomShows _ & " custom shows defined." End If

'Display the message. MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation

End Sub

