Powerpoint VBA Select Folder of images, place those images on slides - vba

Question

How can I make the second set of code reference the selection made in the first set, instead of the hard coded location it currently uses? these two sets do exactly what I like and ultimately I want to combine them, but just just cant figure out how to make the second set use the path from the first.. Ive searched for days, and tried everything I could think of. Its got to be 1 simple thing I've overlooked.
Sub SelectFolder()
Dim sFolder As String
' Open the select folder prompt
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
If .Show = -1 Then ' if OK is pressed
sFolder = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
If sFolder <> "" Then ' if a file was chosen
' *********************
' put your code in here
' *********************
End If
End Sub
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Sub EveryPresentationInFolder()'Performs some operation on every
'presentation file in a folder adapted from PPTools.com
Dim sFolder As String ' Full path to folder we'll examine
Dim sFileSpec As String ' Filespec, e.g. *.PNG
Dim sFileName As String ' Name of a file in the folder
Dim oPres As Presentation
Dim lngSld As Long
Dim rayNum() As String
Dim sngL As Single
Dim sngT As Single
Dim sngW As Single
Dim opic As Shape
sFolder = Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\Desktop\Images\" ' This is where I want the folder ive picked
sFileSpec = "*.PNG"
Set oPres = ActivePresentation
sngL = 0
sngT = 0.6 * 28.3465
sngW = oPres.PageSetup.SlideWidth
sFileName = Dir$(sFolder & sFileSpec)
While sFileName <> ""
Debug.Print sFileName
rayNum = Split(sFileName, ".")
lngSld = CLng(rayNum(0))
If lngSld <= oPres.Slides.Count Then
Set opic = oPres.Slides(lngSld).Shapes.AddPicture(FileName:=sFolder & sFileName, _
LinkToFile:=False, _
SaveWithDocument:=True, _
Left:=sngL, _
Top:=sngT, _
Width:=sngW)
opic.LockAspectRatio = True
opic.Width = sngW
opic.Left = 0
opic.Top = sngT
opic.ZOrder (msoSendToBack)
End If
sFileName = Dir()
Wend
End Sub
I took the advice and tried to make the new info work for me. I know its just an ordering of the elements, and I feel like im close, but I don't understand the the problem. why wont this work?
Function SelectFolder() As String
Dim sFolder As String
' Open the select folder prompt
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
If .Show = -1 Then ' if OK is pressed
sFolder = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
If sFolder <> "" Then ' if a file was chosen
SelectFolder = sFolder
Else
SelectFolder = ""
End If
Dim sFileSpec As String ' Filespec, e.g. *.PNG
Dim sFileName As String ' Name of a file in the folder
Dim oPres As Presentation
Dim lngSld As Long
Dim rayNum() As String
Dim sngL As Single
Dim sngT As Single
Dim sngW As Single
Dim opic As Shape
sFolder = SelectFolder ' This is where I want the folder ive picked
sFileSpec = "*.jpg"
Set oPres = ActivePresentation
sngL = 0
sngT = 0.6 * 28.3465
sngW = oPres.PageSetup.SlideWidth
sFileName = Dir$(sFolder & sFileSpec)
While sFileName <> ""
Debug.Print sFileName
rayNum = Split(sFileName, ".")
lngSld = CLng(rayNum(0))
If lngSld <= oPres.Slides.Count Then
Set opic = oPres.Slides(lngSld).Shapes.AddPicture(FileName:=sFolder & sFileName, _
LinkToFile:=False, _
SaveWithDocument:=True, _
Left:=sngL, _
Top:=sngT, _
Width:=sngW)
opic.LockAspectRatio = True
opic.Width = sngW
opic.Left = 0
opic.Top = sngT
opic.ZOrder (msoSendToBack)
End If
sFileName = Dir()
Wend
End Function

Answer 1

Re "How do I call the location instead of sFolder=Environ"
Change it to this:
sFolder = SelectFolder
Then change Sub SelectFolder to a Function instead:
Function SelectFolder() as String
Dim sFolder As String
' Open the select folder prompt
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
If .Show = -1 Then ' if OK is pressed
sFolder = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
If sFolder <> "" Then ' if a file was chosen
SelectFolder = sFolder
' *********************
' put your code in here
' *********************
Else
SelectFolder = ""
End If
End Function