PPT2000: Macro May Stop Running After Slide Show Ends

ID: Q222762

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

When you run a macro that contains a breakpoint following a slide show, the macro stops running when the slide show ends. If you remove the breakpoint, the code after the slide show executes.

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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

The following sample code demonstrates this problem. The lines after the second SlideShowWindows(Index:=1).View.Next command are ignored if a breakpoint is set. If no breakpoints exist in the code, all commands within the sample are executed.


   Sub Test()

      ' Initialize and then start a slide show.
      With ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings
         .ShowType = ppShowTypeSpeaker
         .LoopUntilStopped = msoFalse
         .ShowWithNarration = msoTrue
         .ShowWithAnimation = msoTrue
         .RangeType = ppShowAll
         .AdvanceMode = ppSlideShowUseSlideTimings
         .PointerColor.SchemeColor = ppForeground
         .Run
      End With

      ' Goes to the next slide.
      SlideShowWindows(Index:=1).View.Next

      ' Goes to the next slide.
      SlideShowWindows(Index:=1).View.Next

      ' This code is ignored if a breakpoint is set on this line.
      Windows.Item(Index:=1).Activate    '<-- Put breakpoint here

      ' Displays a message box.
      MsgBox "I'm done"

   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

Keywords : kbcode kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode kbpptvba
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto