Enabling macro

[Guest]

Using VBA how can I cause PPT03 to automatically enable macros? I will be
going to presentations within my network.

Thank you Fay

 

[Austin Myers]

Do you mean change other machines security settings remotely from your
machine? Sorry but no, that would completely remove security, something a
hacker would enjoy far too much.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Bill Foley]

No can do...

When I develop a PowerPoint presentation CBT for someone using VBA, I make
sure each user is aware of the requirement to:

1. Open PowerPoint, click "Tools", "Macro", "Security", change to MEDIUM.
2. Open the CBT presentation and click "Enable macros'. Run the CBT.
3. Feel free to set security back to HIGH after completing the CBT.

 

[Guest]

I am setting up a network of various classes so I get to my material from
where ever I am at. So I have a main switchboard that links to my Orientation
material. So it is just me internally going from one programs to another. I
would prefer not to have to enable macros when I am clicking a button on one
presentation to go to another. If the presentation was opened up "normally" I
would still want to be asked about enabling macros.

Thanks. Fay

 

[Bill Foley]

I assume that your presentations DO contain macros? If so, no way around it
other than to set the security to LOW. If not, are you getting a warning
message when linking to another presentation? You might want to check each
of these out as well:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00406.htm

or

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00157.htm

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am setting up a network of various classes so I get to my material from
where ever I am at. So I have a main switchboard that links to my Orientation
material. So it is just me internally going from one programs to another. I
would prefer not to have to enable macros when I am clicking a button on one
presentation to go to another. If the presentation was opened up "normally" I
would still want to be asked about enabling macros.

Sorry, can't do it. Well ... wait. Maybe ...

Since it's just you, consider this:

You have some macros in Switchboard.PPT
You set PPT to Medium security
You open Switchboard.PPT

One of the shapes in it is a rectangle whose text is the full path to another
PPT file you want to open. The action setting of the shape is Run Macro:
OpenIt

Open it looks like this:

Sub OpenIt(oShp As Shape)
Presentations.Open (oShp.TextFrame.TextRange.Text)
End Sub


This may be somewhat version dependent, but here when I set Switchboard.PPT into
show mode, it opens the requested file with no Macro Security warning.

Do I win something? ;-)

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys. I have to check out what you pointed me to or wrote. Sorry no
prizes except for undying appreciation. Fay

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks guys. I have to check out what you pointed me to or wrote. Sorry no
prizes except for undying appreciation. Fay