PPT: Sample Code to Determine the Number of Open Presentations

• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the number of open presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and then displays that value in a message box.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub GetTotalPresentationsOpen()

      ' Variable used to store the number of open presentations.
      Dim Total As Long

      ' Used to control the loop.
      Dim i As Long

      ' Used to build the message box.
      Dim Message As String

      ' Determine how many presentations are open.
      Total = Application.Presentations.Count

      If Total = 1 Then
         Message = "You have 1 presentation open: "
      Else
         Message = "You have " & Total & " presentations open: "
      End If

      Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(13)

      ' Loop through the presentations and get the name of the
      ' presentation.
      For i = 1 To Total
         Message = Message & Chr(9) & Presentations(i).Name
      Next i

      ' Display the message box.
      MsgBox Message, vbInformation

   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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications