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Sample Visual Basic code to retrieve the path for PowerPoint

Article ID: 164583

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q164583

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the location of Microsoft PowerPoint and displays the path in a message box.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

NOTE: The string that represents the path is returned as uppercase.

   Sub GetPowerPointPath()
      MsgBox PowerPoint.Application.Path
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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