PowerPoint 2016 - assign OnClick animation to shapes with VBA
I have simplified my problem as follows.
Say, I have 6 shapes on a slide named 'shape1' to 'shape6'.
I want to assign OnClick animations to them in this way with VBA:
Shapes 1 to 3 to turn 'red' on 1st click
Shape 4 to turn 'blue' on next click
Shape 5 and 6 to turn 'green' on next click
Thanks!
Say, I have 6 shapes on a slide named 'shape1' to 'shape6'.
I want to assign OnClick animations to them in this way with VBA:
Shapes 1 to 3 to turn 'red' on 1st click
Shape 4 to turn 'blue' on next click
Shape 5 and 6 to turn 'green' on next click
Thanks!
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Found this. Working on it.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim oshp As Shape
Dim oslide As Slide
Set oslide = ActivePresentation.Slides(3)
'Clear all animations
For i = 1 To oslide.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count
oslide.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(1).Delete
Next
For i = 1 To 6
Set oshp = oslide.Shapes(i)
' Assign an animation to shape
Set oEffect = oslide.TimeLine.MainSequence.AddEffect(Shape:=oshp, effectId:=msoAnimEffectChangeFillColor, trigger:=msoAnimTriggerAfterPrevious)
oEffect.EffectParameters.Color2.RGB = RGB(0, 255, 0)
oEffect.Timing.SmoothEnd = msoTrue
oEffect.Timing.Duration = 0.2
Next
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Yickes!
Yes JRSW, I was testing it and it gave odd results. And then you confirmed it. Oh dear.
Any ideas on how to get round it?
Yes JRSW, I was testing it and it gave odd results. And then you confirmed it. Oh dear.
Any ideas on how to get round it?
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One idea. How about manually creating the 3 shape objects on a spare slide, that already has the animation applied? Than I only need to programmatically create copies of them (re-position, rename) and assign the triggers/trigger-type with VBA. Any reason it would not work? (before I try it out)
Or would that invoke the same bug?
Or would that invoke the same bug?
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JRSW, my PowerPoint 2016 can't open it. Says there's a problem with it, even after 'repair'.
Try again pls?
Try again pls?
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(Yes, sorry I wasn't familiar with the unblock security feature! Doh!)
Wow! great. That does it perfectly!
Wow! great. That does it perfectly!
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I'd like to try it. Can you give me a simple Hello World just to assign the OnClick trigger please?
Thanks.