PowerPoint listbox add items

Hi,

I am unable to add items to a combobox in powerpoint. I need to add the items by default. means when I start the presentation ,the combo box will have the all items [Ex: a, b, c these 3 items should be in the combobox]. could anybody please help me?

thanks in advance

Regards
Gopal

Re: Adding items to a combobox

I dont know much abuot power point programming myself, but these 2 articles should help you.

//support.microsoft.com/d…aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234184
//support.microsoft.com/d…aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222703

If you follow the sample code in each post step by step, understand them and merge the two, you should resolve this one.

Ger

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Re: Adding items to a combobox

And also, give this page a look too... its non MS, so it might be more 'honest' :?

//www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00004.htm

Ger

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Re: Adding items to a combobox

Hi,

I had a crack at this myself [out of pure curiosity]...

If you Enter the code provided in the FIRST Microsoft Hyperlink above... knowledge base article 234184.

//support.microsoft.com/d…aspx?scid=kb;en-us;234184

And change the procedure listed in the article to read as follows:

Private Sub appevent_SlideShowBegin[ByVal Wn As SlideShowWindow] 'keep this message box here as a debug mechanism until you are happy the code is running. 'This message box should appear Every time Powerpoint show is launched. 'Remove it when you know the code is working. MsgBox "you started a slideshow" 'delete any old entries in the combo box. For loopindex = Slide1.ComboBox1.ListCount - 1 To 0 Step -1 Slide1.ComboBox1.RemoveItem [loopindex] Next 'repopulate combo box with new entries. Slide1.ComboBox1.AddItem "Galway" Slide1.ComboBox1.AddItem "Duiblin" Slide1.ComboBox1.AddItem "Cork" End Sub Display More

This assumes there is a combo box on the first slide called "Combobox1".

I'm sure you can adapt as required.

Ger

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