Get shape by Id or Name

Question

Is there any way to get a shape if you know its Id?

For example:

Dim myshape As Shape
myshape.Id = 42
myshape = getShapeById(myshape.Id)         


        

Answer 1

Getting a shape .Name by its .Id is somewhat more convoluted than getting its .Id by its .Name.

But here's how it's done:

Sub PrintShapeName()
    Debug.Print getNameByID(3, 1)
End Sub

Function getNameByID(shapeID As Long, slide As Integer)
    Dim ap As Presentation: Set ap = ActivePresentation
    Dim sl As slide: Set sl = ap.Slides(slide)
    sl.Shapes.SelectAll
    Dim sr As ShapeRange
    Set sr = Windows(1).Selection.ShapeRange
    Dim s As Shape
    For Each s In sr
        If s.id = shapeID Then
            getNameByID = s.Name
            Exit Function
        End If
    Next
End Function