Determines whether the slide show pauses until the specified media clip is finished playing. Read/write MsoTriState.

Syntax

expression.PauseAnimation

expression A variable that represents a PlaySettings object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

For the PauseAnimation property setting to take effect, the property of the specified shape must be set to msoTrue.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse The slide show continues while the media clip plays in the background.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue The slide show pauses until the specified media clip is finished playing.

Example

This example specifies that shape three on slide one in the active presentation will be played automatically when it is animated and that the slide show won't continue while the movie is playing in the background. Shape three must be a sound or movie object.

Visual Basic for Applications 
Set OLEobj = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(3) With OLEobj.AnimationSettings.PlaySettings .PlayOnEntry = msoTrue .PauseAnimation = msoTrue End With

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