PPT7: Sample Code to Retrieve the Current Slide Number

ID: Q170132

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure that retrieves the current slide number and displays it in a message box.

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The code sample assumes the following:

PowerPoint 7.0 is running. (If it is not running, the code will generate a run-time error.)
-and-
You are using Visual Basic to control PowerPoint 7.0.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub Main()

      Dim ppt As PowerPoint.Application
      Dim lResult As Long

      ' Get an object reference to PowerPoint 7.0.
      Set ppt = GetObject(, "PowerPoint.Application.7")

      ' Check if PowerPoint is in slide view. The code
      ' that gets the slide number fails if you are not
      ' in slide view.
      If ppt.ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then
         ' PowerPoint is not in slide view.
         lResult = MsgBox("You are not in slide view. Would you" _
            & " like to switch to slide view now?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion)

         ' Check if the user clicked Yes. If so, switch to slide
         ' view.
         If lResult = vbYes Then

            ' Switch to slide view.
            ppt.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

         Else
            ' The user clicked No.
            End
         EndIf

      End If

      ' Display the current slide number in a message box.
      MsgBox "You are on " & ppt.ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideNumber

   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163194
   TITLE     : PPT: Sample VB Code to Retrieve Current Slide Number

Additional query words: VBA ppt95

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg kbdta kbdtacode 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999