Re: Removing info from text box once it's saved to a file

Hi David,
I have a question: I just sent that working presentation to myself by email,
and then opened it on another computer with enabled macros and Medium
security, etc., and it doesn't work on this other comuter - doesn't even type
in the textbox, doesn't bring up the SecretButton, etc. Do you know why? This
other computer uses MS 2003, so maybe it's because of the Viewer? Should I
create the whole thing from the scratch on it in PPT 2003?

Thank you in advance,

Serge



"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

When you say that you called it SecretButton, how did you give it that
name. As far as I know, the name has to be given with code (see Example
8.7 on my site). Now, you say that you inserted the shape and used the
code, but if you didn't use code to hide the shape, it should already be
visible. If it is not, you either didn't insert it, you put it off of the
slide, or you set an entrance animation. The .Visible code doesn't
trigger an entrance animation or move the shape, it just makes it show up
in whatever place and whatever state it is in.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?U2VyZ2UgTS4=?= <SergeM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:6E165FA8-F1B2-468F-8291-B9A06416615D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Hi David,
I created a shape on another slide #2, called it SecretButton,
inserted in my code the line
ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes("SecretButton").Visible = msoTrue,
and it doesn't work - the shape does not appear when the SAVE buttone
is clicked.

What do I do wrong?

Thank you,
Serge

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

MsgBox is the easiest, but if you want your own shape, you could use
the AddShape method
(ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Slide.Shapes.AddShape) or
you could create a shape in advance and hide it. When the time is
right, have the shape become visible

ActivePresentation.Slides(5).Shapes("SecretButton").Visible = msoTrue

This makes a shape named "SecretButton" on slide 5 become visible.
The code linked to that shape can be to make it invisible again
(change True to False above). However, once you're going this route,
you might as well go back to your original specification and have the
shape become visible, wait 2 seconds and have the shape disappear.
Example 8.4 on my site (http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/) shows how
to do the delay.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

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news:BC88747C-BE92-49D9-9AE6-D95CE4FCACE9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Thank you very much guys - all works fine! You are the best!

Steve,
I'm sorry if it's too much to ask for, but is it possible instead
of this standard pop-up text-box window, to have my own custom
shape appear with words "THANK YOU.., etc." and button OK to
dismiss it?

Thank you,

Serge

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

In article <AD873AB9-3BAA-413F-831F-27E822A0F818@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Serge M. wrote:
Thank you John,

It works fine now. Is it possible to put a pop-up "Thank You"
note appearing for 1-2 seconds when users clicks SAVE, to let
them know that their info is accepted?

Settle for a message that they can read and click OK to dismiss?

Add this:

MsgBox "Thanks a bunch. Loved your answers. Click OK to make me
go away"

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