Question re. use of animation rebuild VBA
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From: RJ on 4 May 2010 19:09 Hello, I am preparing a interactive ppt for use at a kiosk and would like to utilize the following VBA code into a macro in order to rebuild animation on previously viewed slides: Sub ResetSlide() ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number. SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 1, msoTrue End Sub (Dumb) Q#1: Does the part of the code that says " ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number." stay in the code or is that just an instruction to the code user? Either way, does the (number) need to be changed for each situation? Q#2: Where does this macro get inserted? I do not want the user to have to take an action to rebuild the animation. I would like it done automatically so that whenever the slide is revisited, the animation will play. Example: The viewer views slide #3 and then navigates around to different slides using action buttons. Eventually the viewer (or a subsequent viewer) returns to slide #3 via another action button. Where is the macro installed? Can an action button both send a viewer to a particular location AND run the rebuild macro, or can the macro run automatically somehow after the slide plays? Any and all help would be most appreciated. Thanks! RJ
From: Shyam Pillai on 4 May 2010 19:25 Hi, > (Dumb) Q#1: Does the part of the code that says " ' The number after > GotoSlide is the slide number." stay in the code or is that just an > instruction to the code user? Either way, does the (number) need to be > changed for each situation? The number will change based on the slide you want to go to. If you specify 1 it will go to the 1st slide and reset the animations on that slide. > Q#2: Where does this macro get inserted? I do not want the user to have to > take an action to rebuild the animation. I would like it done > automatically > so that whenever the slide is revisited, the animation will play. The macro gets inserted in a code module. The triggering mechanism would be either a shape with action setting set to run the macro or called from an event handler if you want it to be automatic. > Example: The viewer views slide #3 and then navigates around to different > slides using action buttons. Eventually the viewer (or a subsequent > viewer) > returns to slide #3 via another action button. Where is the macro > installed? > Can an action button both send a viewer to a particular location AND run > the > rebuild macro, or can the macro run automatically somehow after the slide > plays? The macro is sending the user to the 1st slide and resetting the animation. I would recommend taking a non programmatic approach to reset the animation - place a dummy slide with auto slide transition of 0 seconds duration just before the slide with animation. Set the action setting to jump to the dummy slide. Anytime you enter into a slide the animations will be reset. -- Regards, Shyam Pillai Handout Wizard: http://skp.mvps.org/how. PowerPoint 2010 (32-bit/64-bit) versions supported. "RJ" <RJ(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3714377B-56B6-4BEF-AB87-72677923C42E(a)microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am preparing a interactive ppt for use at a kiosk and would like to > utilize the following VBA code into a macro in order to rebuild animation > on > previously viewed slides: > > Sub ResetSlide() > > ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number. > SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 1, msoTrue > > End Sub > > (Dumb) Q#1: Does the part of the code that says " ' The number after > GotoSlide is the slide number." stay in the code or is that just an > instruction to the code user? Either way, does the (number) need to be > changed for each situation? > > Q#2: Where does this macro get inserted? I do not want the user to have to > take an action to rebuild the animation. I would like it done > automatically > so that whenever the slide is revisited, the animation will play. > > Example: The viewer views slide #3 and then navigates around to different > slides using action buttons. Eventually the viewer (or a subsequent > viewer) > returns to slide #3 via another action button. Where is the macro > installed? > Can an action button both send a viewer to a particular location AND run > the > rebuild macro, or can the macro run automatically somehow after the slide > plays? > > Any and all help would be most appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > > RJ
From: Shyam Pillai on 4 May 2010 19:30 You might find this useful - PPT2000: How to Use VBA Events to Reset Slide Builds http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276353 -- Regards, Shyam Pillai Handout Wizard: http://skp.mvps.org/how. PowerPoint 2010 (32-bit/64-bit) versions supported. "RJ" <RJ(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3714377B-56B6-4BEF-AB87-72677923C42E(a)microsoft.com... > Hello, > > I am preparing a interactive ppt for use at a kiosk and would like to > utilize the following VBA code into a macro in order to rebuild animation > on > previously viewed slides: > > Sub ResetSlide() > > ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number. > SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 1, msoTrue > > End Sub > > (Dumb) Q#1: Does the part of the code that says " ' The number after > GotoSlide is the slide number." stay in the code or is that just an > instruction to the code user? Either way, does the (number) need to be > changed for each situation? > > Q#2: Where does this macro get inserted? I do not want the user to have to > take an action to rebuild the animation. I would like it done > automatically > so that whenever the slide is revisited, the animation will play. > > Example: The viewer views slide #3 and then navigates around to different > slides using action buttons. Eventually the viewer (or a subsequent > viewer) > returns to slide #3 via another action button. Where is the macro > installed? > Can an action button both send a viewer to a particular location AND run > the > rebuild macro, or can the macro run automatically somehow after the slide > plays? > > Any and all help would be most appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > > RJ
From: RJ on 4 May 2010 20:43 Thank you. I have already tried the dummy slide to reset the animation, but it only seemed to work once, which made me wonder if the 0:00 auto-advance on the dummy was itself an animation that could only be played once? -- RJ "Shyam Pillai" wrote: > You might find this useful - > PPT2000: How to Use VBA Events to Reset Slide Builds > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276353 > > > -- > Regards, > Shyam Pillai > Handout Wizard: http://skp.mvps.org/how. PowerPoint 2010 (32-bit/64-bit) > versions supported. > > "RJ" <RJ(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3714377B-56B6-4BEF-AB87-72677923C42E(a)microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > > > I am preparing a interactive ppt for use at a kiosk and would like to > > utilize the following VBA code into a macro in order to rebuild animation > > on > > previously viewed slides: > > > > Sub ResetSlide() > > > > ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number. > > SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 1, msoTrue > > > > End Sub > > > > (Dumb) Q#1: Does the part of the code that says " ' The number after > > GotoSlide is the slide number." stay in the code or is that just an > > instruction to the code user? Either way, does the (number) need to be > > changed for each situation? > > > > Q#2: Where does this macro get inserted? I do not want the user to have to > > take an action to rebuild the animation. I would like it done > > automatically > > so that whenever the slide is revisited, the animation will play. > > > > Example: The viewer views slide #3 and then navigates around to different > > slides using action buttons. Eventually the viewer (or a subsequent > > viewer) > > returns to slide #3 via another action button. Where is the macro > > installed? > > Can an action button both send a viewer to a particular location AND run > > the > > rebuild macro, or can the macro run automatically somehow after the slide > > plays? > > > > Any and all help would be most appreciated. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > RJ >
From: David Marcovitz on 5 May 2010 10:36 The dummy slide should work multiple times. It would probably be the best approach. If you are using VBA, to elaborate on Shyam's answer (which was exactly right)... #1 In VBA, a single quote in a line indicates a comment. Anything after the single quote is ignored by the computer. You can remove any comments, but they are helpful to the reader of the code (and, in your case, the modifier of the code). #2 If you are not using an event handler (which adds another level of complexity to this), then the code needs to go in a procedure which will be assigned to a button. Instead of having a regular hyperlink to a slide, you would have a the button that would have had the hyperlink link to the procedure that contains that code. --David On 5/4/10 8:43 PM, RJ wrote: > Thank you. I have already tried the dummy slide to reset the animation, but > it only seemed to work once, which made me wonder if the 0:00 auto-advance on > the dummy was itself an animation that could only be played once? -- David M. Marcovitz Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
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