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From: Shyam Pillai on 13 Jan 2008 23:02
Have you tried refreshing the slide after your macro runs?

Sub RefreshSlide()
On Error Resume Next
With SlideShowWindows(1).View
.GotoSlide .CurrentShowPosition
End With
End Sub

Regards,
Shyam Pillai

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"shihhua123" <shihhua123(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, John,
>
> I was using vba. Problem is, it only work properly in Power point 2003,
> not
> in Power point 2007.
>
> If you have both 2003 and 2007, you can easily see the problem by putting
> another two buttons on the same page besides the "trigger" button. One
> calls
> "show" which will do .visible=msoTrue to show "trigger". Another calls
> "hide" which will do .visible=msoFalse to hide "trigger." "Trigger" is
> assigned in ppt to run macro when mouse click as well as to make a sound
> when
> mouse over.
>
> In both power point 2003 and 2007, "trigger" will disappear immediately by
> clicking "hide".
>
> To see "trigger" again, however, are different in these two ppt versions.
>
> In ppt 2003, "trigger" will show immediately by clicking "show" and it can
> execute mouse click and mouse over macro properly.
>
> In ppt 2007, "trigger" will not show by clicking "show" only once. I will
> have to either leave the page and then come back, or click "show" for the
> second time. More over, it will not run macro by mouse click and will not
> play sound when mouse over.
>
> To be able to make "trigger" to run macros again in ppt 2007, "show" must
> also do .ActionSettings(ppMouseClick).run="AJob" and
> .ActionSettings(ppMouseClick).Action=ppActionRunMacro. Also, "show" must
> be
> clicked twice before "trigger" become functionable (leave the page and
> then
> come back will not play the trick anymore). However, it does play sound
> when
> mouse over at the same time when mouse click is enabled again (means after
> clicking "show" twice.)
>
> Any more clue?
>
> Sincerely,
> Shih-Hua
>
>
> "John Wilson" wrote:
>
>> If they are on different pages then you will have to use vba.
>> --
>> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>>
>> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
>> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>>
>>
>> "shihhua123" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, John,
>> >
>> > Your suggestion does bring the action button out by clicking "next" on
>> > the
>> > same page. However, in my application, some action buttons are not
>> > allowed
>> > to be shown until clicking a button on another page. Do you have any
>> > suggestion for that?
>> >
>> > Thank you for your help.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Shih-Hua
>> >
>> > "John Wilson" wrote:
>> >
>> > > shihhua
>> > >
>> > > If at all possible I always avoid macros. In this case you can
>> > > probably do
>> > > what you need without.
>> > >
>> > > Give the action button an entrance animation "Appear" and set it to
>> > > be
>> > > triggered by a click on the "Next" button. See if that works for you
>> > > --
>> > > Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>> > >
>> > > http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>> > > http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
>> > > email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "shihhua123" wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > In my application, some action buttons (called as "triggers" for
>> > > > now)
>> > > > shouldn't be seen/turned on until the slide is visited again.
>> > > > Therefore, I
>> > > > purposely put "next" button on the slide to run a macro that will
>> > > > make
>> > > > "triggers" visible.
>> > > >
>> > > > In power point 2003, these "triggers" become visible and they run
>> > > > pre-assigned macro when the slide is re-visited.
>> > > >
>> > > > In power point 2007, these "triggers" also become visible; however,
>> > > > they
>> > > > don't run macro when the page is re-visited for the 1st time. They
>> > > > will only
>> > > > run after "next" is executed at least twice. That means, they
>> > > > won't function
>> > > > until the page is at least visited three times!!!
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there a way to fix this problem? I appreciate any answer.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thank you very much,
>> > > > Shih-Hua
>> > > > P.S. BTW, I found "triggers" might not run pre-assgiend macros and
>> > > > it is
>> > > > necessary to include assigning actions in the "next" macro, too.

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