PPT2000: Sample Code to Open a Web Site in Internet Explorer

ID: Q222776

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains sample code for a macro that starts Microsoft Internet Explorer and navigates to a specific site on the World Wide Web.

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

The following sample code launches Internet Explorer from PowerPoint and opens the specified web site. In this case, the macro opens Microsoft Home Page.


   Sub LaunchWeb()

      Set s = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.application")
      s.Visible = True

      ' Change the following line to the Internet site you want to open.
      s.Navigate "http://www.microsoft.com"

   End Sub

NOTE: Under certain circumstances, your browser may stop responding while detecting proxy settings. To disable this feature in Internet Explorer 5.0, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options.

Click the Connections tab, then click LAN Settings.

Click to clear the Automatically detect Settings and Use Automatic Configuration Script options.

Manually configure your proxy settings in the Proxy Server portion of this window.

REFERENCES

For more information about using the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the 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 : kbhowto