Microsoft KB Archive/162101

= PPT: Sample Code to Create a Basic Organization Chart =

Article ID: 162101

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 Q162101



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that creates a new slide in the active presentation and then adds four boxes. The boxes appear on the slide in a layout similar to the Organization Chart AutoLayout.

The boxes the macro creates are not Organization Chart objects. The boxes are PowerPoint objects. You can edit these boxes using PowerPoint drawing tools.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CreateOrgChart

' Define the varables used for the boxes. Dim Main As Shape Dim MBox As Shape Dim LBox as Shape Dim RBox as Shape

' Change these values to make different size boxes. Const BoxWidth As Integer = 200 Const BoxHeight As Integer = 75

' Change this value to change the space between boxes. Const space As Integer = 40

' Declare variables to hold slide height and width info. Dim h As Integer Dim w As Integer Dim TopBox As Integer Dim left As Integer Dim Level2 As Integer

' Holds an object reference to a slide. Dim TheSlide As Slide

' Create a new slide. Set TheSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(1, ppLayoutTitleOnly)

' Switch the presentation to slide view. With ActiveWindow If .ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then .ViewType = ppViewSlide End With

' Get the height and width of the slide. With ActiveWindow.Presentation.PageSetup h = .SlideHeight w = .SlideWidth End With

' Make sure height and width are valid. If h = 0 Or w = 0 Then ' The Height and Width are invalid MsgBox "Something is wrong!" _           & " Try restarting your computer.", vbCritical End End If

' Set up parameters for the add shape method. left = ((w / 2) - (BoxWidth / 2)) TopBox = ((h / 2) - (BoxHeight)) Level2 = (TopBox + BoxHeight + space)

' Add the Organization Chart Boxes. With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes Set Main = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _                         left, _                          TopBox, _                          BoxWidth, _                          BoxHeight) Set MBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _                          left, _                           Level2, _                           BoxWidth, _                           BoxHeight) Set LBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _                          (left - space - BoxWidth), _                           Level2, _                           BoxWidth, _                           BoxHeight) Set RBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _                          (left + space + BoxWidth), _                           Level2, _                           BoxWidth, _                           BoxHeight) End With

' Use a connector to conncect the first box and third box. With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddConnector _ (msoConnectorElbow, 0, 0, 100, 100).ConnectorFormat .BeginConnect ConnectedShape:=LBox, ConnectionSite:=1 .EndConnect ConnectedShape:=RBox, ConnectionSite:=1 End With

' Use a connector to connect the top box to the middle box. With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddConnector _ (msoConnectorElbow, 0, 0, 100, 100).ConnectorFormat .BeginConnect ConnectedShape:=Main, ConnectionSite:=3 .EndConnect ConnectedShape:=MBox, ConnectionSite:=1 End With

End Sub

