Triigger macro as part of animation sequence

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dave.cuthill

Is there a way to execute a macro in an animation sequence? This would
seem to be an obvious thing but I can't figure out how it could be
done.
 
Triggers are not part of a timed animation sequence because ... well ...
because they are triggers.

The trigger can start a whole run of animations, or just start a single
change, but the nature is that it is still a trigger. It requires a user
interaction to begin. A stopwatch can be used to tell the time of day, but
it is better at being a stopwatch.


Perhaps I am not understanding what you are asking. Could you tell us a
bit more?


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Dave, as far as I know, a macro requires a click in order to be launched.

An inserted object can be placed into an animation sequence. Is there a way
to create a VBA script outside of PowerPoint and bring that in as an object?
There would undoubtedly be all sorts of security bells and whistles that
would go off, but it is an interesting theory...






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You can do this (sort of) by using a mouseover to trigger the macro. Use a
full screen tranparent (99%) shape which appears in the animation sequence
as a trigger. This works best in kiosk mode because the pointer is set to
visible always but you can use ctrl A or vba code to set this in
presentation mode.
 
In order to have the macro run you are still required to have the
mouse run over the shape - is this correct?

All I am trying to do is have the macro run as part of the animation
sequence - trigger is probably an incorrect term.
 
I understand now - I missed the "full screen" shape comment. This
seems to work well enough for what I am attempting to do. Thank you.
 
The answer seems to have disappeared at least from the web based NG so here
it is again for info.

Place a full screen 99% transparent shape on the slide and give it a mouse
over action of run macro. Have it appear as part of the animation sequence (
and disappear again if you want after a delay) The macro will trigger.

This will work best in kiosk mode as the mouse pointer is always visible, in
the usual presented by a speaker you will need to press ctrl A to keep the
pointer on screen or incorporate vba code to do the same.
 
Hello Dave,
If you want to fire a macro as a part of an animation sequence or after a
specific animation, it would require an event handler. The event handler
would trap each animation as it happens and then fire the macro when the
specific animation fires.

Regards,
Shyam Pillai


Animation Carbon - http://www.animationcarbon.com
 
John Wilson said:
The answer seems to have disappeared at least from the web based NG so here
it is again for info.

Place a full screen 99% transparent shape on the slide and give it a mouse
over action of run macro. Have it appear as part of the animation sequence (
and disappear again if you want after a delay) The macro will trigger.

This will work best in kiosk mode as the mouse pointer is always visible, in
the usual presented by a speaker you will need to press ctrl A to keep the
pointer on screen or incorporate vba code to do the same.
Click to expand...

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