PPT: Sample VB Code to Retrieve Current Slide Number

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

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the slide number of the slide you are currently working on and then displays the slide number in a message box.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub GetCurrentSlideNumber()

      Dim lCurrentView As Long

      ' Get the current view type.
      lCurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType

      ' Make sure that PowerPoint is in Slide view.
      ' ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber produces an error if
      ' you are using any other view.
      If lCurrentView = ppViewSlide Then

         ' Display the slide number.
         MsgBox "You are on slide: " & _
            ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber, vbInformation
      Else

         ' PowerPoint is not in slide view.
         MsgBox "You must be in slide view to run this macro.", _
            vbInformation

      End If

   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