PPT97: Sample VB Code to Insert a Background Image

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article provides a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro example that adds a picture to the first slide in the active presentation, sizes the picture to the same size as the slide and sends the picture to the background.

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   Sub MakePictureFullScreen()

      ' Specify the path to graphic file.
      Const strFileName As String = "c:\win95\setup.bmp"

      ' Specify the slide on which you want to place the graphic.
      Const lngSlideNumber As Long = 1

      ' Store the shape reference.
      Static shapePicture As Shape

      ' Store slide height and width.
      Dim lngHeight As Long
      Dim lngWidth As Long

      ' Get the slide height and width.
      lngHeight = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight
      lngWidth = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth

      ' Add the picture.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides(lngSlideNumber).Shapes

         Set shapePicture = .AddPicture(strFileName, _
                                        msoFalse, _
                                        msoTrue, _
                                        0, 0, _
                                        lngWidth, _
                                        lngHeight)
      End With

      ' Send the picture to the back.
      shapePicture.ZOrder msoSendToBack

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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