Article ID: 176443
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Graph 97
- Microsoft Graph 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q176443
SUMMARY
This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that creates a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation containing a Microsoft Graph object. The graph is created using data imported from a data file. This file must be in comma-separated values (CSV) format or tab-separated values format.
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CreateGraphFromFile()
Dim oGraph As Object
Dim oDataSheet As Object
Dim shpGraph As PowerPoint.Shape
Dim lRowCnt As Long
Dim lColCnt As Long
Dim lValue As Long
' Add the graph to the slide.
With ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
' Create the Graph object on the slide.
Set shpGraph = .Shapes.AddOLEObject(ClassName:="MSGraph.Chart", _
Link:=msoFalse)
End With
' Set references.
Set oGraph = shpGraph.OLEFormat.Object
Set oDataSheet = oGraph.Application.DataSheet
' Place headers into data table.
' Create four column headers.
oDataSheet.Cells(1, 2).Value = "Col1"
oDataSheet.Cells(1, 3).Value = "Col2"
oDataSheet.Cells(1, 4).Value = "Col3"
oDataSheet.Cells(1, 5).Value = "Col4"
' Create four row headers.
oDataSheet.Cells(2, 1).Value = "Row1"
oDataSheet.Cells(3, 1).Value = "Row2"
oDataSheet.Cells(4, 1).Value = "Row3"
oDataSheet.Cells(5, 1).Value = "Row4"
' We already know the number of columns and rows
' from the data we are importing.
Open "<YourPathAndFileNameHere>" For Input As #1
' Get four rows of data.
For lRowCnt = 2 To 5
For lColCnt = 2 To 5
' Get value from file.
Input #1, lValue
' Place in data table.
oDataSheet.Cells(lRowCnt, lColCnt).Value = lValue
Next lColCnt
Next lRowCnt
Close #1
' Release the reference.
Set oGraph = Nothing
Set oDataSheet = Nothing
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 Microsoft PowerPoint Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
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
For more information about manipulating graphs using Visual Basic for Applications code in Microsoft PowerPoint, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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