CustomerData.Item Method (PowerPoint)
Returns the specified CustomXMLPart object from the CustomerData collection. Read-only.
Syntax
expression .Item(Id)
expression An expression that returns a CustomerData object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Id |
Required |
String |
The ID of the CustomXMLPart object. |
Return Value
CustomXMLPart
Remarks
Individual CustomXMLPart objects in the CustomerData collection are represented by GUIDs (globally unique identifiers). Pass the GUID that represents the custom XML part that you want to get to the Id parameter of the Item method as a String. You can get the ID of a particular custom XML part by getting the value of the Id property of the CustomXMLPart object.
Example
The following example shows how to use the Item method to get a custom XML part by its ID string.
Public Sub Item_Example()
Dim pptSlide As Slide
Set pptSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
Dim pptShape As Shape
Set pptShape = pptSlide.Shapes(1)
' Get the CustomerData collection of the shape
Dim pptCustomerData As customerData
Set pptCustomerData = pptShape.customerData
' Add a new CustomXMLPart object to the
' CustomerData collection for this shape
Dim pptCustomXMLPart As CustomXMLPart
Set pptCustomXMLPart = pptCustomerData.Add
' Get the ID of the new part
Dim myString As String
myString = pptCustomXMLPart.Id
Debug.Print myString
' Get the new part from the collection by its Id
' and load XML into the part
pptCustomerData.Item(myString).LoadXML ("<text>This is XML data.</text>")
Debug.Print pptCustomXMLPart.xml
End Sub