PPT2000: Sample VB Code to Delete a Custom Slide Show

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that deletes a specified Custom Show called "My Custom Show." You can change the sample code to reference the correct name of your custom show.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

  Sub DeleteCustomShow()

     'Change this string to the name of the custom show you want to
     'delete.
     Const strShowToDelete As String = "My Custom Show"

     Dim oShow As NamedSlideShow
     Dim strPrompt As String
     Dim FoundShow As Boolean: FoundShow = False

     'Loop though the custom shows in the active presentation.

  For Each oShow In ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows

     'Look for the custom show name defined by the constant
     'strShowToDelete.
     If oShow.Name = strShowToDelete Then
        oShow.Delete
        FoundShow = True
        Exit For
     End If

     Next oShow

     'Check if a show was deleted and then display a message box.
     strPrompt = "The custom show    " & strShowToDelete & "    "
     If FoundShow Then
        MsgBox strPrompt & "was deleted.", vbInformation, _
           "Custom Show Deleted"
     Else
        MsgBox strPrompt & "was not found.", vbInformation, _
           "No Show Deleted"
     End If

   End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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