Article ID: 163530
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Graph 97
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Graph 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q163530
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts the embedded Microsoft Graph 8 objects on a Microsoft PowerPoint slide and then displays the total 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. NOTE: This macro counts Graph 8 objects when you are using slide view.
Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CountGraphs()
' Dimension the variables.
Dim shapeObject As Shape
Dim lSlideNumber As Long
Dim lCount As Long
Dim strPrompt As String
Dim strTitle As String
Dim lBoxStyle As Long
' Make sure PowerPoint is using slide view.
If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then
MsgBox "You must be in slide view to run this macro."
End
End If
' Initialize the counter.
lCount = 0
' Get the current slide number.
lSlideNumber = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber
' Look at all shapes on the current slide.
For Each shapeObject In _
ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes
' Check to see whether shape is an OLE object.
If shapeObject.Type = msoEmbeddedOLEObject Then
' Check to see whether OLE object is Graph 8 object. The ProgID
' is case sensitive.
If shapeObject.OLEFormat.ProgID = "MSGraph.Chart.8" Then
' Found a graph; add 1 to the total.
lCount = lCount + 1
End If
End If
Next shapeObject
' Creates and then displays the message box.
' Set the message box style.
lBoxStyle = vbInformation
Select Case lCount
' No graphs were found.
Case 0
strPrompt = "No graphs were found on the slide."
strTitle = "No graphs"
' One graph was found.
Case 1
strPrompt = "One graph was found on the slide."
strTitle = "One Graph"
' More than one graph was found.
Case Is > 1
strPrompt = lCount & " Graphs were found on the slide."
strTitle = lCount & " Graphs"
' An error occurred.
Case Else
strPrompt = "An error occurred!"
strTitle = "Error"
lBoxStyle = vbCritical
End Select
'Display the message box.
MsgBox strPrompt, lBoxStyle, 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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