Microsoft KB Archive/222717

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Article ID: 222717

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q222717


SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that deletes a specified Custom Show called "My Custom Show." You can change the sample code to reference the correct name of your custom show.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

  Sub DeleteCustomShow()

     'Change this string to the name of the custom show you want to
     'delete.
     Const strShowToDelete As String = "My Custom Show"

     Dim oShow As NamedSlideShow
     Dim strPrompt As String
     Dim FoundShow As Boolean: FoundShow = False

     'Loop though the custom shows in the active presentation.

  For Each oShow In ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows

     'Look for the custom show name defined by the constant
     'strShowToDelete.
     If oShow.Name = strShowToDelete Then
        oShow.Delete
        FoundShow = True
        Exit For
     End If

     Next oShow

     'Check if a show was deleted and then display a message box.
     strPrompt = "The custom show    " & strShowToDelete & "    "
     If FoundShow Then
        MsgBox strPrompt & "was deleted.", vbInformation, _
           "Custom Show Deleted"
     Else
        MsgBox strPrompt & "was not found.", vbInformation, _
           "No Show Deleted"
     End If

   End Sub
                

REFERENCES

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles



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