Microsoft KB Archive/161390

= PPT: Sample Code to Display the Selection Type =

Article ID: 161390

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 Q161390



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that demonstrates how to use the PpSelectionType constants. These constants can be used to obtain the selection type.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub MySelection

' Use to store a ppSelectionType. Dim WhatIsSelected As Long

' Obtain the PpSelectionType constant. WhatIsSelected = ActiveWindow.Selection.Type

' Display a message box indicating the current selection type. Select Case WhatIsSelected Case ppSelectionNone MsgBox "Nothing is selected." Case ppSelectionSlides MsgBox "A slide is selected." Case ppSelectionShapes MsgBox "A shape is selected." Case ppSelectionText MsgBox "Text or a Text Box is selected." Case Else MsgBox "An error occurred." End Select

End Sub The following table shows the PpSelectionType constants and their values. Property           Value -  - ppSelectionNone     0 ppSelectionSlides  1 ppSelectionShapes  2 ppSelectionText    3 PpSelectionType constants are read-only long values, they cannot be modified.

