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Shape.MediaType Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns the OLE media type. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.MediaType

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return Value
PpMediaType

Remarks

The value of the MediaType property can be one of these PpMediaType constants.

ppMediaTypeMixed
ppMediaTypeMovie
ppMediaTypeOther
ppMediaTypeSound

Example

This example sets all native sound objects on slide one in the active presentation to loop until manually stopped during a slide show.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  For Each so In ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes
    If so.Type = msoMedia Then
        If so.MediaType = ppMediaTypeSound Then
            so.AnimationSettings.PlaySettings.LoopUntilStopped = True
        End If
    End If
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