vba ppt slide value

[Lance Hoffmeyer]

Hey all,

Is there an absolute value (progid?) for each slide that will not change regardless
of whether a slide is added or dropped? I am running some VBA scripts that work based
on slide number but slides could be added or dropped each QTR and thus the slide number
for a particular slide could change.

If there is an absolute number for a slide that will not change

1) How do I determine this number via VBA?
2) How do I access this in a script?

instead of this how would I access the absolute value of the slide number?
Set oPPTShape = oPPTFile.Slides(33).Shapes("Object 2")

Thanks in advance,

Lance

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Lance,
The SlideID is unique, it does not change.
MsgBox "The Slide ID of the current slide is:" & _
ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideID

To locate a slide using the slide you would use the FindByID method.
Set oSld = ActivePresentation.Slides.FindBySlideID(256)


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[Austin Myers]

If there is an absolute number for a slide that will not change

Not really Lance. Thats why I always write a number or descrition to a
slide tag. I know that isn't going to be changed.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
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[Austin Myers]

Hmmm, never looked at this before Shyam. What happens if I delete slides?


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Deleting a slide is not the problem.

However, since the ID number is only semi-unique, it is possible to run into
an instance where you paste a slide with ID 2048 (from another machine, for
example) into a presentation that already contains a slide ID 2048 (from
your machine). I don't know how PowerPoint resolves this issue, and don't
entirely trust it to do what I want it to in those cases. Your way works.

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[Shyam Pillai]

Austin,
Steve filled in with the details. It's a handy property which is mostly
reliable. There is a similar property ID for shapes which was introduced in
PPT 2002.


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Shyam Pillai

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