Article ID: 222762 - Last Review: October 11, 2006 - Revision: 2.2

PPT2000: Macro May Stop Running After Slide Show Ends

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This article was previously published under Q222762

SUMMARY

When you run a macro that contains a breakpoint following a slide show, the macro stops running when the slide show ends. If you remove the breakpoint, the code after the slide show executes.

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   Sub Test()

      ' Initialize and then start a slide show.
      With ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings
         .ShowType = ppShowTypeSpeaker
         .LoopUntilStopped = msoFalse
         .ShowWithNarration = msoTrue
         .ShowWithAnimation = msoTrue
         .RangeType = ppShowAll
         .AdvanceMode = ppSlideShowUseSlideTimings
         .PointerColor.SchemeColor = ppForeground
         .Run
      End With

      ' Goes to the next slide.
      SlideShowWindows(Index:=1).View.Next

      ' Goes to the next slide.
      SlideShowWindows(Index:=1).View.Next

      ' This code is ignored if a breakpoint is set on this line.
      Windows.Item(Index:=1).Activate    '<-- Put breakpoint here

      ' Displays a message box.
      MsgBox "I'm done"

   End Sub

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REFERENCES

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212536/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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