Microsoft KB Archive/165369

= PPT97: Sample VB Code Changes Source of Multiple Linked Objects =

Article ID: 165369

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165369



SUMMARY
This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that searches a presentation for linked OLE objects and changes the linked source of these objects to a single source document that you specify.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
'This macro loops through the presentation from the first slide to  'the last and searches each slide for linked OLE objects. Once the 'object has been found it is set to a new source document. This 'macro can only change the source document to a single new source 'document, though with some modifications, it could be expanded to  'compare an existing source document to a list, and then make 'substitutions based on matches found.

Sub LinkSourceReplace

Dim i As Integer Dim k As Integer

' Set a for loop to go from slide 1 to the last slide in the ' presentation. For i = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

' Select the slide based on the index value. With ActivePresentation.Slides(i)

' Loop through all the objects on the slide. For k = 1 To .Shapes.Count

' Use only shapes on the slide. With .Shapes(k)

' If the shape's type is an OLE object then... If .Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then

' Change the path to new source and set the update ' type to Automatic. With .LinkFormat .SourceFullName = "c:\my documents\document.doc" .AutoUpdate = ppUpdateOptionAutomatic End With

End If

End With

Next k

End With

Next i

End Sub

