Microsoft KB Archive/163188

= PPT: Sample VB Code to Create a Graph on a Slide =

Article ID: 163188

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

-

APPLIES TO


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

-



This article was previously published under Q163188



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that inserts a Microsoft Graph object on a Microsoft PowerPoint slide. The size of the graph is one-fourth the size of the slide.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers 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 requirements.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CreateGraph

' Create message box. Dim strPrompt As String Dim strTitle As String

' Used as reference to the chart shape. Dim shpGraph As Shape

' Used to store the slide height and width. Dim lHeight As Long Dim lWidth As Long

' Check which view PowerPoint is in. If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then

' Create the message. strPrompt = "You must be in Slide View to run this macro." _           & " Switch to the slide you want the graph to appear on and " _ & "run the macro again." strTitle = "Wrong View"

' Display the message. MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle

' Quit the macro. End

End If

' Get the slide height and width. lHeight = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight lWidth = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth

With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes

' Create the Graph object. Set shpGraph = .AddOLEObject(Left:=(lWidth \ 4), _                                  Top:=(lHeight \ 4), _                                   Width:=(lWidth \ 2), _                                   height:=(lHeight \ 2), _                                   ClassName:="MSGraph.Chart", _                                   Link:=msoFalse) End With

End Sub

