Can I Run a Small Visual Basic Program From PowerPoint

[JessiRight77]

Hello.

I am using PowerPoint 2002 to do a resume that opens links to some of
my school projects. I would like to open a small program written in
Visual Basic, so I chose "Run a Program" through the Action Settings.

The Visual Basic program opened and operated fine on my computer
(PowerPoint 2002 with Visual Studio program installed), and it also
works fine on my work computer (PowerPoint 2003 without Visual Studio
installed), but it does NOT work on the computer at school (PowerPoint
2003 without Visual Studio installed). I get an "Application Error"
that reads: "The application failed to initialize properly
(0xc0000135)."

Does anyone know how to fix this? I would really like to include it
on the resume, but don't want to run the risk of having a file that
won't open.

Thanks,
Jessi

 

[Ute Simon]

I am using PowerPoint 2002 to do a resume that opens links to some of

my school projects. I would like to open a small program written in
Visual Basic, so I chose "Run a Program" through the Action Settings.

Jessi,

what are you trying to accomplish with that VB program? Maybe the same can
be achieved with PowerPoint's own VBA?

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[JessiRight77]

Thank you for your helpful suggestions.

Anything really complicated would be way over my head, so I think I'll
just put a disclaimer note on the slide "that the VB runtime files must
be installed in order to open the program." That would allay any
negative thoughts that the reviewer may have that my program didn't
work.

Ute... the program was just a sample to demonstrate that I have had
basic experience in programming in Visual Studio, so a powerpoint
substitute wouldn't work.

Thanks so much, guys!

P.S. Please disregard my second post. I posted this message last
night, but I got an error saying that it didn't go through (server was
busy, or something like that). So I posted another one this morning.

 

[JessiRight77]

How does that work? Do I download the installer and put it in the
same folder as my PowerPoint files? How would it install if needed?

Thanks,
Jessi