PPT2000: Sample Code to Determine the Number of Open Presentations

ID: Q222756


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000


SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the number of open presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint, and displays that value in a message box.


MORE INFORMATION

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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

Sample Visual Basic Procedure


   Sub GetTotalPresentationsOpen()

      ' Variable used to store the number of open presentations.
      Dim Total As Long

      ' Used to control the loop.
      Dim i As Long

      ' Used to build the message box.
      Dim Message As String

      ' Determine how many presentations are open.
      Total = Application.Presentations.Count

      If Total = 1 Then
         Message = "You have 1 presentation open: "
      Else
         Message = "You have " & Total & " presentations open: "
      End If

      Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(13)

      ' Loop through the presentations and get the name of the
      ' presentation.
      For i = 1 To Total
         Message = Message & Chr(9) & Presentations(i).Name
      Next i

      ' Display the message box.
      MsgBox Message, vbInformation

   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

Additional query words: 9.00 ppt9 vba vbe ppt2k powerpt vba2k ppt9.0 ppt2000 program programming

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto


Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999
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