Article ID: 222713
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q222713
SUMMARY
This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that uses the FreeForm tool to draw a shape that resembles a Sine wave.
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub DrawWave()
On Error Resume Next
' Dimension the variables that hold the height and width of
' the presentation.
Dim lh As Long, lw As Long
' Get the slide height and width.
lh = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight
lw = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth
' Clear the error object and get the current slide number.
Dim lSlideNum As Long
Err.Clear
lSlideNum = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' Display error message.
MsgBox Err.Description, vbExclamation
' Stop the macro.
End
End If
' Draw a line down the middle of the screen.
With ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNum).Shapes
.AddLine 0, lh \ 2, lw, lh \ 2
End With
' Create the first point of the free form shape.
Dim oShape As FreeformBuilder
With ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNum).Shapes
' Places the free form tool at its initial point.
Set oShape = .BuildFreeform(msoEditingAuto, 0, lh \ 2)
End With
' Peak point.
oShape.AddNodes msoSegmentCurve, msoEditingAuto, lw \ 4, 0
' Middle point.
oShape.AddNodes msoSegmentCurve, msoEditingAuto, lw \ 2, lh \ 2
' Valley point.
oShape.AddNodes msoSegmentCurve, msoEditingAuto, 3 * (lw \ 4), lh
' Ending point.
oShape.AddNodes msoSegmentCurve, msoEditingAuto, lw, lh \ 2
' Convert all the points created into a shape. If you do not call
' ConvertToShape the free form object won't appear on your slide.
oShape.ConvertToShape
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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