PPT2000: For Each Loop Doesn't Find All Shapes on a Slide

ID: Q222734

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you use a For Each...Next statement to loop through and remove all shapes on a specified slide, some shapes are not deleted. For example, the following code does not delete all the shapes on a slide.


   For Each shapeObject In ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes

      shapeObject.Delete

   Next shapeObject

CAUSE

When you use a For Each...Next statement in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure, the procedure keeps track of each shape that it finds. When it finds the first shape, it knows that the next shape is the second shape on the slide. However, when it finds the first shape and then deletes it, the next shape becomes the first shape on the slide. Consequently, each subsequent shape on the slide is assigned a new position.

RESOLUTION

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NOTE: The following macro examples only work from within the PowerPoint application. Visual Basic for Applications macros are not supported by the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

As the following sample Visual Basic procedure demonstrates, you can replace the For Each...Next statement with a Do...Loop statement (including While) to remove all the shapes on a slide.


   Sub DeleteAllShapes()

      ' Delete every shape on slide 1.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
         While (.Shapes.Count > 0)
            .Shapes(1).Delete
         Wend
      End With

   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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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb