power point macro

Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to accept a
sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?

Glen
Thu May 08 05:55:46 CDT 2008

Hi,

Can you please post some code so we can see what you are doing?

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"Ron" <Ron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to accept a
> sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?

john
Thu May 08 06:07:00 CDT 2008

As Glen says - "need more input"

However if you are trying to RECORD a macro involving animation - don't
bother you can't! You will need to write the code yourself.

If you post exactly what you want to happen then maybe someone will post
some sample code. Be warned though animation code is not the simplest!

Make sure that you include the version of PowerPoint you use - pre 2002
animation had a different object model.
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"Ron" wrote:

> Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to accept a
> sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?

Josh
Wed Jun 04 10:29:01 CDT 2008

Same issue here. I am animating electrical schematics and am doing it
exclusively with custom animations. It is the same animations over and over
(the perfect function for a macro), Entrance, Wipe. I want to build a macro
for each direction as well as the On Click, With Previous and After Previous.
This would save me tremendous time. Can any put up some code or show me
where to learn to work it out myself. Thanks.

"John Wilson" wrote:

> As Glen says - "need more input"
>
> However if you are trying to RECORD a macro involving animation - don't
> bother you can't! You will need to write the code yourself.
>
> If you post exactly what you want to happen then maybe someone will post
> some sample code. Be warned though animation code is not the simplest!
>
> Make sure that you include the version of PowerPoint you use - pre 2002
> animation had a different object model.
> --
> -------------------------------------------
> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>
> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>
>
> "Ron" wrote:
>
> > Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to accept a
> > sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?

David
Wed Jun 04 12:20:35 CDT 2008

I wonder if Animation Carbon would do what you want:

http://skp.mvps.org/ac/

--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9zaCBTY2hpZXJsaW5n?= <Josh
Schierling@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:3F4F2856-44DB-42FB-88B7-4B25711E986F@microsoft.com:

> Same issue here. I am animating electrical schematics and am doing it
> exclusively with custom animations. It is the same animations over
> and over (the perfect function for a macro), Entrance, Wipe. I want
> to build a macro for each direction as well as the On Click, With
> Previous and After Previous.
> This would save me tremendous time. Can any put up some code or show
> me
> where to learn to work it out myself. Thanks.
>
> "John Wilson" wrote:
>
>> As Glen says - "need more input"
>>
>> However if you are trying to RECORD a macro involving animation -
>> don't bother you can't! You will need to write the code yourself.
>>
>> If you post exactly what you want to happen then maybe someone will
>> post some sample code. Be warned though animation code is not the
>> simplest!
>>
>> Make sure that you include the version of PowerPoint you use - pre
>> 2002 animation had a different object model.
>> --
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>>
>> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
>> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>>
>>
>> "Ron" wrote:
>>
>> > Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to
>> > accept a sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?
>

Josh
Wed Jun 04 17:15:03 CDT 2008

I took a look at and that would work if all the animations were identical.
However, the lines follow the flow of the schematic and go in many different
directions. I should also specify that I'm using 2003. I had an
aquantenance write up a little code that applied an animation to an
individual object through a macro, but it would generate a new line each
time. I was wondering if there is a way to write a macro that would apply a
set animation to a selected objected that didn't have to have the object
identifier already known. Or just a place that I could look at code to learn
how to modify for my project. Thanks for all your time and suggestions - Josh


"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

> I wonder if Animation Carbon would do what you want:
>
> http://skp.mvps.org/ac/
>
> --David
>
> --
> David M. Marcovitz
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>
> =?Utf-8?B?Sm9zaCBTY2hpZXJsaW5n?= <Josh
> Schierling@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:3F4F2856-44DB-42FB-88B7-4B25711E986F@microsoft.com:
>
> > Same issue here. I am animating electrical schematics and am doing it
> > exclusively with custom animations. It is the same animations over
> > and over (the perfect function for a macro), Entrance, Wipe. I want
> > to build a macro for each direction as well as the On Click, With
> > Previous and After Previous.
> > This would save me tremendous time. Can any put up some code or show
> > me
> > where to learn to work it out myself. Thanks.
> >
> > "John Wilson" wrote:
> >
> >> As Glen says - "need more input"
> >>
> >> However if you are trying to RECORD a macro involving animation -
> >> don't bother you can't! You will need to write the code yourself.
> >>
> >> If you post exactly what you want to happen then maybe someone will
> >> post some sample code. Be warned though animation code is not the
> >> simplest!
> >>
> >> Make sure that you include the version of PowerPoint you use - pre
> >> 2002 animation had a different object model.
> >> --
> >> -------------------------------------------
> >> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
> >>
> >> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
> >> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
> >> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
> >>
> >>
> >> "Ron" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to
> >> > accept a sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues anybody?
> >
>
>

David
Thu Jun 05 11:16:53 CDT 2008

Shyam (author of Animation Carbon) is still your man. Check out his
discussion of programming the Animation Timeline here:

http://skp.mvps.org/ppttimeline1.htm

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?Sm9zaCBTY2hpZXJsaW5n?= <Josh
Schierling@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:E4E08872-EF99-4E0D-8BDC-B9B27C68F7BD@microsoft.com:

> I took a look at and that would work if all the animations were
> identical. However, the lines follow the flow of the schematic and go
> in many different directions. I should also specify that I'm using
> 2003. I had an aquantenance write up a little code that applied an
> animation to an individual object through a macro, but it would
> generate a new line each time. I was wondering if there is a way to
> write a macro that would apply a set animation to a selected objected
> that didn't have to have the object identifier already known. Or just
> a place that I could look at code to learn how to modify for my
> project. Thanks for all your time and suggestions - Josh
>
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
>> I wonder if Animation Carbon would do what you want:
>>
>> http://skp.mvps.org/ac/
>>
>> --David
>>
>> --
>> David M. Marcovitz
>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?Sm9zaCBTY2hpZXJsaW5n?= <Josh
>> Schierling@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:3F4F2856-44DB-42FB-88B7-4B25711E986F@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > Same issue here. I am animating electrical schematics and am doing
>> > it exclusively with custom animations. It is the same animations
>> > over and over (the perfect function for a macro), Entrance, Wipe.
>> > I want to build a macro for each direction as well as the On Click,
>> > With Previous and After Previous.
>> > This would save me tremendous time. Can any put up some code or
>> > show me
>> > where to learn to work it out myself. Thanks.
>> >
>> > "John Wilson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> As Glen says - "need more input"
>> >>
>> >> However if you are trying to RECORD a macro involving animation -
>> >> don't bother you can't! You will need to write the code yourself.
>> >>
>> >> If you post exactly what you want to happen then maybe someone
>> >> will post some sample code. Be warned though animation code is not
>> >> the simplest!
>> >>
>> >> Make sure that you include the version of PowerPoint you use - pre
>> >> 2002 animation had a different object model.
>> >> --
>> >> -------------------------------------------
>> >> Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
>> >>
>> >> http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk
>> >> http://www.technologytrish.co.uk
>> >> email john AT technologytrish.co.uk
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Ron" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Although I can create a Macro in Power Point, I can't get it to
>> >> > accept a sequence of custom animation commands. Any clues
>> >> > anybody?
>> >
>>
>>
>