DOCUMENT:Q163781 13-MAY-2002 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: Sample Code Displays Message Box With AutoShape Type Name PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition - Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the shape type for a selected AutoShape object and then displays a message box with the name of the shape type. 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If ActiveWindow.Selection.Type = ppSelectionNone Then ' Display error message box. MsgBox "No objects are selected. Please select one object " _ & "and run the macro again.", vbExclamation ' End the macro. End End If ' Get the current slide number. lCurrentSlide = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber ' See whether more than one shape is selected. If ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Count > 1 Then ' Display error message. MsgBox "Too many objects selected. Please select one object " _ & "and run the macro again.", vbExclamation ' Stop the macro. End End If ' Get reference to selected shape. Set oShape = ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1) ' Determine the type of autoshape. Select Case oShape.AutoShapeType Case msoShape16pointStar strAutoShape = "16pointStar" Case msoShape24pointStar strAutoShape = "24point Star" Case msoShape32pointStar strAutoShape = "32pointStar" Case msoShape4pointStar strAutoShape = "4pointStar" Case msoShape5pointStar strAutoShape = "5pointStar" Case msoShape8pointStar strAutoShape = "8pointStar" Case msoShapeActionButtonBackorPrevious strAutoShape = "ActionButtonBackorPrevious" Case msoShapeActionButtonBeginning strAutoShape = "ActionButtonBeginning" Case msoShapeActionButtonCustom strAutoShape = "ActionButtonCustom" Case msoShapeActionButtonDocument strAutoShape = "ShapeActionButtonDocument" Case msoShapeActionButtonEnd strAutoShape = "ActionButtonEnd" Case msoShapeActionButtonForwardorNext strAutoShape = "ActionButtonForwardorNext" Case msoShapeActionButtonHelp strAutoShape = "ActionButtonHelp" Case msoShapeActionButtonHome strAutoShape = "ActionButtonHome" Case msoShapeActionButtonInformation strAutoShape = "ActionButtonInformation" Case msoShapeActionButtonMovie strAutoShape = "ActionButtonMovie" Case msoShapeActionButtonReturn strAutoShape = "ActionButtonReturn" Case msoShapeActionButtonSound strAutoShape = "ActionButtonSound" Case msoShapeArc strAutoShape = "Arc" Case msoShapeBalloon strAutoShape = "Balloon" Case msoShapeBentArrow strAutoShape = "BentArrow" Case msoShapeBentUpArrow strAutoShape = "BentUpArrow" Case msoShapeBevel strAutoShape = "Bevel" Case msoShapeBlockArc strAutoShape = "BlockArc" Case msoShapeCan strAutoShape = "Can" Case msoShapeChevron strAutoShape = "Chevron" Case msoShapeCircularArrow strAutoShape = "CircularArrow" Case msoShapeCloudCallout strAutoShape = "CloudCallout" Case msoShapeCross strAutoShape = "Cross" Case msoShapeCube strAutoShape = "Cube" Case msoShapeCurvedDownArrow strAutoShape = "CurvedDownArrow" Case msoShapeCurvedDownRibbon strAutoShape = "CurvedDownRibbon" Case msoShapeCurvedLeftArrow strAutoShape = "CurvedLeftArrow" Case msoShapeCurvedRightArrow strAutoShape = "CurvedRightArrow" Case msoShapeCurvedUpArrow strAutoShape = "CurvedUpArrow" Case msoShapeCurvedUpRibbon strAutoShape = "CurvedUpRibbon" Case msoShapeDiamond strAutoShape = "Diamond" Case msoShapeDonut strAutoShape = "Donut" Case msoShapeDoubleBrace strAutoShape = "DoubleBrace" Case msoShapeDoubleBracket strAutoShape = "DoubleBracket" Case msoShapeDoubleWave strAutoShape = "DoubleWave" Case msoShapeDownArrow strAutoShape = "DownArrow" Case msoShapeDownArrowCallout strAutoShape = "DownArrowCallout" Case msoShapeDownRibbon strAutoShape = "DownRibbon" Case msoShapeExplosion1 strAutoShape = "Explosion1" Case msoShapeExplosion2 strAutoShape = "Explosion2" Case msoShapeFlowchartAlternateProcess strAutoShape = "FlowchartAlternateProcess" Case msoShapeFlowchartCard strAutoShape = "FlowchartCard" Case msoShapeFlowchartCollate strAutoShape = "FlowchartCollate" Case msoShapeFlowchartConnector strAutoShape = "FlowchartConnector" Case msoShapeFlowchartData strAutoShape = "FlowchartData" Case msoShapeFlowchartDecision strAutoShape = "FlowchartDecision" Case msoShapeFlowchartDelay strAutoShape = "FlowchartDelay" Case msoShapeFlowchartDirectAccessStorage strAutoShape = "FlowchartDirectAccessStorage" Case msoShapeFlowchartDisplay strAutoShape = "FlowchartDisplay" Case msoShapeFlowchartDocument strAutoShape = "FlowchartDocument" Case msoShapeFlowchartExtract strAutoShape = "FlowchartExtract" Case msoShapeFlowchartInternalStorage strAutoShape = "FlowchartInternalStorage" Case msoShapeFlowchartMagneticDisk strAutoShape = "FlowchartMagneticDisk" Case msoShapeFlowchartManualInput strAutoShape = "FlowchartManualInput" Case msoShapeFlowchartManualOperation strAutoShape = "FlowchartManualOperation" Case msoShapeFlowchartMerge strAutoShape = "FlowchartMerge" Case msoShapeFlowchartMultidocument strAutoShape = "FlowchartMultidocument" Case msoShapeFlowchartOffpageConnector strAutoShape = "FlowchartOffpageConnector" Case msoShapeFlowchartOr strAutoShape = "FlowchartOr" Case msoShapeFlowchartPredefinedProcess strAutoShape = "FlowchartPredefinedProcess" Case msoShapeFlowchartPreparation strAutoShape = "FlowchartPreparation" Case msoShapeFlowchartProcess strAutoShape = "FlowchartProcess" Case msoShapeFlowchartPunchedTape strAutoShape = "FlowchartPunchedTape" Case msoShapeFlowchartSequentialAccessStorage strAutoShape = "FlowchartSequentialAccessStorage" Case msoShapeFlowchartSort strAutoShape = "FlowchartSort" Case msoShapeFlowchartStoredData strAutoShape = "FlowchartStoredData" Case msoShapeFlowchartSummingJunction strAutoShape = "FlowchartSummingJunction" Case msoShapeFlowchartTerminator strAutoShape = "FlowchartTerminator" Case msoShapeFoldedCorner strAutoShape = "FoldedCorner" Case msoShapeHeart strAutoShape = "Heart" Case msoShapeHexagon strAutoShape = "Hexagon" Case msoShapeHorizontalScroll strAutoShape = "HorizontalScroll" Case msoShapeIsoscelesTriangle strAutoShape = "IsoscelesTriangle" Case msoShapeLeftArrow strAutoShape = "LeftArrow" Case msoShapeLeftArrowCallout strAutoShape = "LeftArrowCallout" Case msoShapeLeftBrace strAutoShape = "LeftBrace" Case msoShapeLeftBracket strAutoShape = "LeftBracket" Case msoShapeLeftRightArrow strAutoShape = "LeftRightArrow" Case msoShapeLeftRightArrowCallout strAutoShape = "LeftRightArrowCallout" Case msoShapeLeftRightUpArrow strAutoShape = "LeftRightUpArrow" Case msoShapeLeftUpArrow strAutoShape = "LeftUpArrow" Case msoShapeLightningBolt strAutoShape = "LightningBolt" Case msoShapeLineCallout1 strAutoShape = "LineCallout1" Case msoShapeLineCallout1AccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout1AccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout1BorderandAccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout1BorderandAccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout1NoBorder strAutoShape = "LineCallout1NoBorder" Case msoShapeLineCallout2 strAutoShape = "LineCallout2" Case msoShapeLineCallout2AccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout2AccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout2BorderandAccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout2BorderandAccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout2NoBorder strAutoShape = "LineCallout2NoBorder" Case msoShapeLineCallout3 strAutoShape = "LineCallout3" Case msoShapeLineCallout3AccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout3AccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout3BorderandAccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout3BorderandAccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout3NoBorder strAutoShape = "LineCallout3NoBorder" Case msoShapeLineCallout4 strAutoShape = "LineCallout4" Case msoShapeLineCallout4AccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout4AccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout4BorderandAccentBar strAutoShape = "LineCallout4BorderandAccentBar" Case msoShapeLineCallout4NoBorder strAutoShape = "LineCallout4NoBorder" Case msoShapeMixed strAutoShape = "Mixed" Case msoShapeMoon strAutoShape = "Moon" Case msoShapeNoSymbol strAutoShape = "NoSymbol" Case msoShapeNotchedRightArrow strAutoShape = "NotchedRightArrow" Case msoShapeNotPrimitive strAutoShape = "NotPrimitive" Case msoShapeOctagon strAutoShape = "Octagon" Case msoShapeOval strAutoShape = "Oval" Case msoShapeOvalCallout strAutoShape = "OvalCallout" Case msoShapeParallelogram strAutoShape = "Parallelogram" Case msoShapePentagon strAutoShape = "Pentagon" Case msoShapePlaque strAutoShape = "Plaque" Case msoShapeQuadArrow strAutoShape = "QuadArrow" Case msoShapeQuadArrowCallout strAutoShape = "QuadArrowCallout" Case msoShapeRectangle strAutoShape = "Rectangle" Case msoShapeRectangularCallout strAutoShape = "RectangularCallout" Case msoShapeRegularPentagon strAutoShape = "RegularPentagon" Case msoShapeRightArrow strAutoShape = "RightArrow" Case msoShapeRightArrowCallout strAutoShape = "RightArrowCallout" Case msoShapeRightBrace strAutoShape = "RightBrace" Case msoShapeRightBracket strAutoShape = "RightBracket" Case msoShapeRightTriangle strAutoShape = "RightTriangle" Case msoShapeRoundedRectangle strAutoShape = "RoundedRectangle" Case msoShapeRoundedRectangularCallout strAutoShape = "RoundedRectangularCallout" Case msoShapeSmileyFace strAutoShape = "SmileyFace" Case msoShapeStripedRightArrow strAutoShape = "StripedRightArrow" Case msoShapeSun strAutoShape = "Sun" Case msoShapeTrapezoid strAutoShape = "Trapezoid" Case msoShapeUpArrow strAutoShape = "UpArrow" Case msoShapeUpArrowCallout strAutoShape = "UpArrowCallout" Case msoShapeUpDownArrow strAutoShape = "UpDownArrow" Case msoShapeUpDownArrowCallout strAutoShape = "UpDownArrowCallout" Case msoShapeUpRibbon strAutoShape = "UpRibbon" Case msoShapeUTurnArrow strAutoShape = "UTurnArrow" Case msoShapeVerticalScroll strAutoShape = "VerticalScroll" Case msoShapeWave strAutoShape = "ShapeWave" Case Else strAutoShape = "Not an AutoShape" End Select ' Display information sheet. MsgBox strAutoShape, vbInformation, "Auto Shape Name" End Sub REFERENCES ========== For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor." For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to run a macro" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro." NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. 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