How to obtain information to build PowerPoint Add-in programs that are similar to the PlaceWare Add-in (873240)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Live Meeting Add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint

INTRODUCTION

This article discusses about how to obtain information to build Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in programs that are similar to the PlaceWare Add-in.

MORE INFORMATION

The PlaceWare Add-in is a Microsoft Visual Basic (VBA) program. The PlaceWare Add-in is developed by using the VBA development environment that is built in PowerPoint. You can use VBA code that is available in the VBA development environment to build your own Add-in programs.

For more information about the VBA program that is built in PowerPoint, see the VBA Help files that are available in PowerPoint. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start PowerPoint.
  2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
  3. On the Help menu, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help.

    Note You must install the VBA Help files from the Microsoft Office CD-ROM.
Additionally, you may install Microsoft Office 2000 Developer tools to work with the VBA program. The Office 2000 Developer tools include VBA tools that you can use to work with the VBA program.

For additional information about Office 2000 Developer tools, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

253566 How to obtain and install Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Service Release 1 (SR-1)

283939 How to obtain and install Office 2000 Developer Service Pack 2 (SP-2)

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to program macros in PowerPoint, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

162102 Introduction to macro programming in PowerPoint 97

For additional information about how to use VBA, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vba/

http://msdn.microsoft.com/fault.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/

You can also refer the following books to learn more about VBA programming:
  • Microsoft Office 2000/Visual Basic Programmer's Guide, David Shank, Mark Roberts, Tamra Myers. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, Inc., 1999.
  • Microsoft Office 97 Visual Basic Programmer's Guide, Microsoft Corp. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press, Inc. 1996.
  • Microsoft Office 97 Developer's Handbook.
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