PowerPoint equiv to Auto_Open

[mintjulep]

How do you get a PowerPoint VBA procedure to run when the presentation is opened?

I've tried following the instructions in the help file about Using Events with the Application Object to no avail.

 

[mintjulep]

shameless bump.

Really, no one?

 

[CBasicAsslember]

See Power Point Events. PresentationOpen or AfterPresentationOpen might be the ticket.

 

[mintjulep]

PowerPoint events only work if you first define a new class for application events, and then initiate the class.

This works fine, after you run the procedure that initiates the class.

It is useless for the PresentationOpen event however, because there is no way to run the initation procedure BEFORE PresentationOpen.

So, you just wind up moving the problem.

 

[combo]

There is no way to directly run pp events. You can have a shape with mouse move trigger to start macro, this can be useful for single presentation.
For application level events, create pp add-in with AutoOpen() macro, that can create proper class when you open powerpoint with your add-in installed. The price is separation of event trapping code and presentation you need to trace.

combo