PowerPoint.Application.DisplayAlerts.md

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Application.DisplayAlerts property (PowerPoint)	vbapp10.chm502050	vbapp10.chm502050	PowerPoint.Application.DisplayAlerts	e18cf1f5-c456-8cd5-40e7-eec69c40811d	06/08/2017	medium

Application.DisplayAlerts property (PowerPoint)

Sets or returns whether Microsoft PowerPoint displays alerts while running a macro. Read/write.

Syntax

expression. DisplayAlerts

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Return value

PpAlertLevel

Remarks

The value of the DisplayAlerts property is not reset once a macro stops running; it is maintained throughout a session. It's not stored across sessions, so when PowerPoint begins, it is reset to ppAlertsNone.

The value of the DisplayAlerts property can be one of these PpAlertLevel constants.

Constant	Description
ppAlertsAll	All message boxes and alerts are displayed; errors are returned to the macro.
ppAlertsNone	The default. No alerts or message boxes are displayed. If a macro encounters a message box, the default value is chosen and the macro continues.

Example

The following line of code instructs PowerPoint to display all message boxes and alerts, returning errors to the macro.

Sub SetAlert

    Application.DisplayAlerts = ppAlertsAll

End Sub

See also

Application Object

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