Article ID: 163113
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 Q163113
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays a list of add-in files(.ppa or .pwz) available in the current session of Microsoft PowerPoint.
MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub DisplayAddins()
Dim lTotalAddins As Long
Dim oAddIn As AddIn
' Used to build the dialog box.
Dim strPrompt As String
Dim strAvailable As String
Dim strLoaded As String
Dim strTitle As String
' Get the total number of Addins.
lTotalAddins = PowerPoint.AddIns.Count
Select Case lTotalAddins
Case 0
' No add-ins are Available.
strTitle = "No Add-Ins"
strPrompt = "You currently have no PowerPoint" _
& " Add-Ins installed."
Case Else
If lTotalAddins = 1 Then
' One add-in available
strTitle = "One Add-In"
strPrompt = oAddIn.FullName
Else
' Set up the title for the dialog box.
strTitle = lTotalAddins & " Add-Ins Available"
' Set the loaded and available list.
strLoaded = "Loaded: " & Chr(13)
strAvailable = Chr(13) & "Available: " & Chr(13)
' Loop through the add-ins collection.
For Each oAddIn In PowerPoint.AddIns
If oAddIn.Loaded = msoTrue Then
strLoaded = strLoaded & Chr(9) & oAddIn.FullName _
& Chr(13)
Else
strAvailable = strAvailable & Chr(9) _
& oAddIn.FullName & Chr(13)
End If
Next oAddIn
' Combine the add-in loaded list with available add-ins
' list.
strPrompt = strLoaded & strAvailable
End If
End Select
' Display the dialog box.
MsgBox strPrompt, vbInformation, strTitle
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."
For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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