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Timing.TriggerType Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Represents the trigger that starts an animation. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.TriggerType

expression   A variable that represents a Timing object.

Return Value
MsoAnimTriggerType

Remarks

The value of the TriggerType property can be one of these MsoAnimTriggerType constants. The default is msoAnimTriggerOnPageClick.

msoAnimTriggerAfterPrevious
msoAnimTriggerMixed
msoAnimTriggerNone
msoAnimTriggerOnPageClick
msoAnimTriggerOnShapeClick
msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious

Example

The following example adds a shape to a slide, adds an animation to the shape, and instructs the shape to begin the animation three seconds after it is clicked.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddShapeSetTiming()

Dim effDiamond As Effect
Dim shpRectangle As Shape

Set shpRectangle = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes _
    .AddShape(Type:=msoShapeRectangle, Left:=100, _
    Top:=100, Width:=50, Height:=50)
Set effDiamond = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).TimeLine.MainSequence _
    .AddEffect(Shape:=shpRectangle, effectId:=msoAnimEffectPathDiamond)

With effDiamond.Timing
    .Duration = 5
    .<strong>TriggerType</strong> = msoAnimTriggerOnShapeClick
    .TriggerDelayTime = 3
End With



End Sub

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