Microsoft KB Archive/163194

= PPT: Sample VB Code to Retrieve Current Slide Number =

Article ID: 163194

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 Q163194



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the slide number of the slide you are currently working on and then displays the slide number in a message box.



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 GetCurrentSlideNumber

Dim lCurrentView As Long

' Get the current view type. lCurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType

' Make sure that PowerPoint is in Slide view. ' ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber produces an error if     ' you are using any other view. If lCurrentView = ppViewSlide Then

' Display the slide number. MsgBox "You are on slide: " & _ ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber, vbInformation Else

' PowerPoint is not in slide view. MsgBox "You must be in slide view to run this macro.", _ vbInformation

End If

End Sub

