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

Hi David,

I didn't change the code - as far as I remember, I just copied it into a new
empty 2003 presentation, then I created new shapes for keyboard, save button
and a secret button, assigned to each of them their names and procedures and
- it worked!

Thank you,

Serge

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

Great news. Do you remember what you had to change in the code? That
information would be helpful for others to know some of the compatibility
issues between 2003 and 2007. Also, does the 2003 version work in 2007?
--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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I have re-created a sample in MS 2003, copied the code, played with it
a little bit - and it seems to work so far. !

Thank you for your response anyway.

Cheers,

Serge

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

Unfortunately, I have only used 2007 a few times so I am not in touch
with all the compatibility issues between 2007 and 2003. Perhaps,
someone else can help you with that. The basic VBA stuff you are
trying to do should be cross-compatible, but if it's not working, I
don't know where to point you.
--David

--
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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Hi David,
So, what should I do? I have created a perfectly working
presentation for a test run on my computer with MS 2007, but for
the actual event, I have to run it on another computer with MS
2003. Do you have any suggestions how to make it happen?
Thank you,

Serge

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

If it's opening with the Viewer, that would be the problem. The
Viewer does not support macros. Also, if you set up macro security
while the presentation was open, that could be another problem.
Macro security affects a file at the time it is opened so opening
the file and then changing macro security will not affect the open
file; you have to close it and open it again. Recreating in 2003
should not solve any of your problems.
--David

--
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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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

--
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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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.AddShap
e) 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

--
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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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:

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<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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