PPT2000: Sample Visual Basic Code to List Available Add-Ins

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays a list of add-in files(.ppa or .pwz) available in the current session of Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub DisplayAddins()

      Dim lTotalAddins As Long
      Dim oAddIn As AddIn

      ' Used to build the dialog box.
      Dim strPrompt As String
      Dim strAvailable As String
      Dim strLoaded As String
      Dim strTitle As String

      ' Get the total number of Addins.
      lTotalAddins = PowerPoint.AddIns.Count

      Select Case lTotalAddins

         Case 0

            ' No add-ins are Available.
            strTitle = "No Add-Ins"
            strPrompt = "You currently have no PowerPoint" _
               & " Add-Ins installed."

         Case Else

            If lTotalAddins = 1 Then

               ' One add-in available
               strTitle = "One Add-In"
               strPrompt = oAddIn.FullName

            Else

               ' Set up the title for the dialog box.
               strTitle = lTotalAddins & " Add-Ins Available"

               ' Set the loaded and available list.
               strLoaded = "Loaded: " & Chr(13)
               strAvailable = Chr(13) & "Available: " & Chr(13)

               ' Loop through the add-ins collection.
               For Each oAddIn In PowerPoint.AddIns

                  If oAddIn.Loaded = msoTrue Then

                     strLoaded = strLoaded & Chr(9) & oAddIn.FullName _
                        & Chr(13)

                  Else

                     strAvailable = strAvailable & Chr(9) _
                        & oAddIn.FullName & Chr(13)

                  End If

               Next oAddIn

               ' Combine the add-in loaded list with available add-ins
               ' list.
               strPrompt = strLoaded & strAvailable

            End If

      End Select

      ' Display the dialog box.
      MsgBox strPrompt, vbInformation, strTitle

   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
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