Calling Viewer with a LST from within a presentation

[Tivo'ed]

I've done a lot of work linking in presentations to custom shows, and other presentations. I've
also read the article "Linking PowerPoint Presentations Together Seamlessly", which describes how to
run mutiple presentations together without using the LST feature. Actually, I would LIKE to use
the LST feature.

I have 32 presentations in all and that's a little too many to be creating icon/links. AND, I don't
mind those annoying blank screens between presentations.

I have created one slide with a separate link to each of the 32 presentations. That all works just
fine. I would also like another link on that same slide that would show all 32 in a specific
order. When I showed these in front of a group, I prepared the LST file, and then used the Viewer
to show them all in order. Now I'd like to create a CD that has all the presentations and that
would allow someone to view them individually, OR all as a group.

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action Setting On Mouse Click to
Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and asks
if I would like to open it anyway, I say Yes.

Then it says "Powerpoint couldn't locate or start ppview32 filename.lst." I'm not sure if it
couldn't find the viewer or the LST file. I can run that from a START / RUN window, and it works
fine, so the viewer is installed, therefore I'm guessing it can't find the directory of the LST
file. That happens to be in the same directory as the presentation I'm calling it from.

Any ideas? Viewer97, Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Tivo'ed

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action
Setting On Mouse Click to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I
click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and asks if I would like to open
it anyway, I say Yes.

I'd try including a full path in the run command
something along the lines of
c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe filename.lst

it that does not work then I'd include the full path in the to the .lst file
also

c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe c:\itsinhere\filename.lst

Also putting everything in quotes helps sometimes

"c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe"
"C:\itsinhere\filename.lst"

Give that a whirl.

Remember to adjust the full path to where the viewer in commonly installed.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...

I've done a lot of work linking in presentations to custom shows, and
other presentations. I've also read the article "Linking PowerPoint
Presentations Together Seamlessly", which describes how to run mutiple
presentations together without using the LST feature. Actually, I would
LIKE to use the LST feature.

I have 32 presentations in all and that's a little too many to be creating
icon/links. AND, I don't mind those annoying blank screens between
presentations.

I have created one slide with a separate link to each of the 32
presentations. That all works just fine. I would also like another
link on that same slide that would show all 32 in a specific order.
When I showed these in front of a group, I prepared the LST file, and then
used the Viewer to show them all in order. Now I'd like to create a CD
that has all the presentations and that would allow someone to view them
individually, OR all as a group.

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action
Setting On Mouse Click to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I
click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and asks if I would like to open
it anyway, I say Yes.

Then it says "Powerpoint couldn't locate or start ppview32 filename.lst."
I'm not sure if it couldn't find the viewer or the LST file. I can run
that from a START / RUN window, and it works fine, so the viewer is
installed, therefore I'm guessing it can't find the directory of the LST
file. That happens to be in the same directory as the presentation I'm
calling it from.

Any ideas? Viewer97, Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Tivo'ed]

Well, you were right, fully qualifying the filenames allowed it to work, however that really is a
problem
if this is to be run from a CD, and it could have a different drive name on different computers.

I solved the problem by creating a macro that would figure out the current location of the
presentation, and then
build a string to execute it. Now as long as the viewer gets installed in the right place, this
will work.

I sure wish Windows could keep better track of installed images and the current default directory.

Thanks for your help.


Sub run_show()

Dim X, this_loc, do_this

this_loc = ActivePresentation.Path
do_this = "C:\Program Files\PowerPoint Viewer\ppview32.exe " + this_loc + "\filename.lst"

X = Shell(do_this, vbMaximizedFocus)

End Sub

Tivo'ed

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action Setting On Mouse Click to
Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and
asks if I would like to open it anyway, I say Yes.

I'd try including a full path in the run command
something along the lines of
c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe filename.lst

it that does not work then I'd include the full path in the to the .lst file also

c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe c:\itsinhere\filename.lst

Also putting everything in quotes helps sometimes

"c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe" "C:\itsinhere\filename.lst"

Give that a whirl.

Remember to adjust the full path to where the viewer in commonly installed.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...

I've done a lot of work linking in presentations to custom shows, and other presentations. I've
also read the article "Linking PowerPoint Presentations Together Seamlessly", which describes how
to run mutiple presentations together without using the LST feature. Actually, I would LIKE to
use the LST feature.

I have 32 presentations in all and that's a little too many to be creating icon/links. AND, I
don't mind those annoying blank screens between presentations.

I have created one slide with a separate link to each of the 32 presentations. That all works
just fine. I would also like another link on that same slide that would show all 32 in a
specific order. When I showed these in front of a group, I prepared the LST file, and then used
the Viewer to show them all in order. Now I'd like to create a CD that has all the
presentations and that would allow someone to view them individually, OR all as a group.

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action Setting On Mouse Click to
Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and
asks if I would like to open it anyway, I say Yes.

Then it says "Powerpoint couldn't locate or start ppview32 filename.lst." I'm not sure if it
couldn't find the viewer or the LST file. I can run that from a START / RUN window, and it
works fine, so the viewer is installed, therefore I'm guessing it can't find the directory of the
LST file. That happens to be in the same directory as the presentation I'm calling it from.

Any ideas? Viewer97, Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Tivo'ed

Unfortunately the ppt viewer does not allow macros to run.

Sorry

TAJ

Well, you were right, fully qualifying the filenames allowed it to work,
however that really is a problem
if this is to be run from a CD, and it could have a different drive name
on different computers.

I solved the problem by creating a macro that would figure out the current
location of the presentation, and then
build a string to execute it. Now as long as the viewer gets installed
in the right place, this will work.

I sure wish Windows could keep better track of installed images and the
current default directory.

Thanks for your help.


Sub run_show()

Dim X, this_loc, do_this

this_loc = ActivePresentation.Path
do_this = "C:\Program Files\PowerPoint Viewer\ppview32.exe " + this_loc +
"\filename.lst"

X = Shell(do_this, vbMaximizedFocus)

End Sub

Tivo'ed

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action
Setting On Mouse Click to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When
I click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and asks if I would like to
open it anyway, I say Yes.

I'd try including a full path in the run command
something along the lines of
c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe filename.lst

it that does not work then I'd include the full path in the to the .lst
file also

c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe c:\itsinhere\filename.lst

Also putting everything in quotes helps sometimes

"c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe"
"C:\itsinhere\filename.lst"

Give that a whirl.

Remember to adjust the full path to where the viewer in commonly
installed.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...

I've done a lot of work linking in presentations to custom shows, and
other presentations. I've also read the article "Linking PowerPoint
Presentations Together Seamlessly", which describes how to run mutiple
presentations together without using the LST feature. Actually, I
would LIKE to use the LST feature.

I have 32 presentations in all and that's a little too many to be
creating icon/links. AND, I don't mind those annoying blank screens
between presentations.

I have created one slide with a separate link to each of the 32
presentations. That all works just fine. I would also like another
link on that same slide that would show all 32 in a specific order. When
I showed these in front of a group, I prepared the LST file, and then
used the Viewer to show them all in order. Now I'd like to create a
CD that has all the presentations and that would allow someone to view
them individually, OR all as a group.

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action
Setting On Mouse Click to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When
I click on it, it gives me a virus warning, and asks if I would like to
open it anyway, I say Yes.

Then it says "Powerpoint couldn't locate or start ppview32
filename.lst." I'm not sure if it couldn't find the viewer or the LST
file. I can run that from a START / RUN window, and it works fine, so
the viewer is installed, therefore I'm guessing it can't find the
directory of the LST file. That happens to be in the same directory as
the presentation I'm calling it from.

Any ideas? Viewer97, Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Tivo'ed]

Unfortunately the ppt viewer does not allow macros to run.

It's working???????????????? One of the Action Settings is to Run a Macro.

Tivo'ed

Unfortunately the ppt viewer does not allow macros to run.

Sorry

TAJ

Well, you were right, fully qualifying the filenames allowed it to work, however that really is a
problem
if this is to be run from a CD, and it could have a different drive name on different computers.

I solved the problem by creating a macro that would figure out the current location of the
presentation, and then
build a string to execute it. Now as long as the viewer gets installed in the right place, this
will work.

I sure wish Windows could keep better track of installed images and the current default
directory.

Thanks for your help.


Sub run_show()

Dim X, this_loc, do_this

this_loc = ActivePresentation.Path
do_this = "C:\Program Files\PowerPoint Viewer\ppview32.exe " + this_loc + "\filename.lst"

X = Shell(do_this, vbMaximizedFocus)

End Sub

Tivo'ed

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action Setting On Mouse Click
to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I click on it, it gives me a virus warning,
and asks if I would like to open it anyway, I say Yes.

I'd try including a full path in the run command
something along the lines of
c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe filename.lst

it that does not work then I'd include the full path in the to the .lst file also

c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe c:\itsinhere\filename.lst

Also putting everything in quotes helps sometimes

"c:\program files\powerpoint viewer\ppview32.exe" "C:\itsinhere\filename.lst"

Give that a whirl.

Remember to adjust the full path to where the viewer in commonly installed.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more...



I've done a lot of work linking in presentations to custom shows, and other presentations.
I've also read the article "Linking PowerPoint Presentations Together Seamlessly", which
describes how to run mutiple presentations together without using the LST feature. Actually,
I would LIKE to use the LST feature.

I have 32 presentations in all and that's a little too many to be creating icon/links. AND, I
don't mind those annoying blank screens between presentations.

I have created one slide with a separate link to each of the 32 presentations. That all works
just fine. I would also like another link on that same slide that would show all 32 in a
specific order. When I showed these in front of a group, I prepared the LST file, and then used
the Viewer to show them all in order. Now I'd like to create a CD that has all the
presentations and that would allow someone to view them individually, OR all as a group.

I've created a link called "Run Full Slide Show", and created an Action Setting On Mouse Click
to Run [ ppview32 filename.lst ]. When I click on it, it gives me a virus warning,
and asks if I would like to open it anyway, I say Yes.

Then it says "Powerpoint couldn't locate or start ppview32 filename.lst." I'm not sure if it
couldn't find the viewer or the LST file. I can run that from a START / RUN window, and it
works fine, so the viewer is installed, therefore I'm guessing it can't find the directory of
the LST file. That happens to be in the same directory as the presentation I'm calling it
from.

Any ideas? Viewer97, Windows XP, PowerPoint 2003

Thanks in advance for your help.