Run external presentation AND macro from same link

[Panda]

I have a link from which I need to run an external presentation AND a macro.

Basically the user is presented with 4 different links, which each run a
different external presentation. When the user clicks on a link, I'd like a
macro to run so I can remove that link's info from an array (so it doesn't
keep appearing as an option) as well as running the external presentation.

How would I do this?

 

[Panda]

Thanks Steve, that all seems to work, except that 'Presentations.Open' opens
the presentation in PowerPoint for editing, it doesn't actually run it.
I need the external presentation to run as if I'd made it a hyperlink in
Action Settings...

 

[Panda]

Not sure what you mean...
I'm running the slideshow normally (F5 - opens the slide fullscreen, all
toolbars, etc. disappear) then clicking on the shape. It then opens the
external presentation in edit mode (i.e. I can add shapes, change custom
animation, I see toolbars, etc.)

 

[Panda]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Sorry about the replies, I'm used to reading all this on the web. I forget
that this is also a newsgroup...

 

[Panda]

That seems to work well, the only issue I have is that Bill's solution to
another problem I had no longer works:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...86-90a7-717b3bb27940&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1

Basically, when I click on a shape, the external presentation opens, plays,
then finishes and closes. When it closes, I'm back on the slide where I
clicked on the shape.
I wanted to be taken back to the first slide instead, so Bill suggested
making hidden shapes that cover the entire slide and when the mouse hovers
over then after returning to the original slide (this happens
instantaneously), they automatically hyperlink me back to the first slide.

This solution was working well until I started implementing your solution
here. Just wondering now if it's possible to have both solutions working the
way I want...?

 

[Panda]

Thanks for that, that's a much simpler solution (nothing against Bill's
solution, the situation was different then).

Everything's working well, I think I've finished the PowerPoint!
Thanks heaps!