PPT2000: Sample Code to Get Input From an Office Assistant Balloon

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that brings up the Office Assistant and prompts you to make a selection. Five different animation choices are available. Once an option is selected, the Assistant performs the animation. This code can be used as a starting point for creating Help systems with Microsoft Office.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub GetInput()

      ' Declare variables.
      Dim AssistantName As String
      Dim IsVisible As Boolean
      Dim Result As Byte
      Dim ball as Balloon

      ' For error trapping.
      On Error Resume Next
      Err.Clear

      ' Get the name of the current assistant.
      AssistantName = Assistant.Name

      ' If the Assistant is not visible make visible.
      If Assistant.Visible = False Then
         Assistant.Visible = True
         IsVisible = False
      Else
         IsVisible = True
      End If

      ' Create a balloon for the assistant.
      Set Ball = Assistant.NewBalloon

      With Ball

         ' Add heading and question.
         .Heading = "Hi! I Am " & AssistantName
         .text = "Which Animation would you like me to perform?"

         ' Add radio button choices for animation selection.
         .Labels(1).text = "Appear"
         .Labels(2).text = "Disappear"
         .Labels(3).text = "Empty Trash"
         .Labels(4).text = "Artsy"
         .Labels(5).text = "Thinking"

         ' Sets the BalloonType Property.
         .BalloonType = msoBalloonTypeButtons

         ' Make the balloon modal, this is the default.
         .Mode = msoModeModal

         ' Add a cancel button to the balloon, OK is default.
         .Button = msoButtonSetCancel

      End With

      ' Loop until cancel is selected.
      Do

         ' Show the Balloon
         Result = Ball.Show

         ' If Cancel button selected, end the macro.
         If Err <> 0 Then

            ' If the assistant was not visible close the assistant.
            If IsVisible = False Then
               Assistant.Visible = False
            Else
               ' Set to idle.
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationIdle
            End If

            End
         End If

         ' Perform the animation.
         Select Case Result
            Case 1
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationAppear
            Case 2
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationDisappear
            Case 3
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationEmptyTrash
            Case 4
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationGetArtsy
            Case 5
               Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationThinking
            Case Else
               MsgBox "An Error Occurred"
               End
         End Select

         ' Update the heading.
         Ball.Heading = "Please Make a Selection"

      Loop

   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

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Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999