Returns or sets the type of action that will occur when the specified shape is clicked or the mouse pointer is positioned over the shape during a slide show. Can be one of the following PpActionType constants: ppActionEndShow, ppActionFirstSlide, ppActionHyperlink, ppActionLastSlide, ppActionLastSlideViewed, ppActionMixed, ppActionNamedSlideShow, ppActionNextSlide, ppActionNone, ppActionOLEVerb, ppActionPreviousSlide, ppActionRunMacro, or ppActionRunProgram. Read/write Long.
You can use the Action property in conjunction with other properties of the ActionSetting object, as shown in the following table.
| If you set the Action property to this value |
Use this property | To do this |
|---|---|---|
| ppActionHyperlink | Hyperlink | Set properties for the hyperlink that will be followed in response to a mouse action on the shape during a slide show. |
| ppActionRunProgram | Run | Return or set the name of the program to run in response to a mouse action on the shape during a slide show. |
| ppActionRunMacro | Run | Return or set the name of the macro to run in response to a mouse action on the shape during a slide show. |
| ppActionOLEVerb | ActionVerb | Set the OLE verb that will be invoked in response to a mouse action on the shape during a slide show. |
| ppActionNamedSlideShow | SlideShowName | Set the name of the custom slide show that will run in response to a mouse action on the shape during a slide show. |