Flash in Powerpoint issues

[shikarishambu]

Hi,
I am trying to put a flash file in Powerpoint. I get different results
when I use URL vs. local file.

If I use the following URL as the location in the movie attribute of the
control
http://www.genderknee.com/micro/web/swfs/gendersolutions_us/zimmer_home.swf

it plays once.

However, if I use the same file located locally on my computer all that I
get is a static text.

Any ideas why this is happenings and how I can correct it?

TIA

 

[Austin Myers]

What tools are you using to play it in PPT? (When you go to a URL you are
using your web browser).




Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[shikarishambu]

I can point to the URL from Powerpoint's Shockwave Flash Control.

I use the same control to point to the local file.

In both cases I use the Movie attribute.

TIA

 

[Austin Myers]

I can point to the URL from Powerpoint's Shockwave Flash Control.

I use the same control to point to the local file.

In both cases I use the Movie attribute.

What code are you using to issue a "play" command for the control. (It's
dumb until you tell it to do something.)



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Install this free add-in - Flashback (http://skp.mvps.org/flashback.htm).
That should resolve the issue. By default you need to send the play method
for the movie to play or set the playing state to True.


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Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Animation Carbon
http://www.animationcarbon.com

 

[shikarishambu]

Here is the code I found on flashgeek. Note the code seem to work with other
flash files

Sub OnSlideShowPageChange()
' Copyright (c) 2001 Rick Turoczy
' Rewinding code for
' Powerpoint 2000 and Powerpoint XP
' presentations with Flash movies
' http://www.flashgeek.com/
' This code is free for use and editing as needed.

Dim swf As ShockwaveFlash
Dim FrameNum As Long

' Define the slide and the Flash object to whom you'd like to speak
Set swf = Slide1.ShockwaveFlash1

' Tell it to stop playing.
swf.Playing = False

' Tell it to return to the first frame (swf.Rewind)
swf.GotoFrame (1)

' Tell it to start playing again
swf.Play

End Sub

thanks

 

[shikarishambu]

Shyam,
thanks for the add-in. But, that did not fix the issue.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I have this issue with just this .swf
file

If I use the following URL as the location in the movie attribute of the
control
http://www.genderknee.com/micro/web/swfs/gendersolutions_us/zimmer_home.swf

it plays once.

However, if I use the same file located locally on my computer all that I
get is a static text in the flash control.

TIA

 

[Echo S]

If I grab the SWF on that link from my Temporary Internet Files folder and
play it from, say, my desktop, all I see is Zimmer (logo) + Gender
Solutions Knee. I believe the SWF is calling an FLV, and the FLV is what
contains the animation. Or maybe not. But that would be one reason it
plays online but not on your harddrive.

In fact, I was able to copy that FLV to my desktop and create a new blank
SWF to call it, and the SWF plays fine from my desktop. But when I inserted
the SWF into PPT, it doesn't play. The FLV has something to do with that,
I'm sure, but I don't know exactly what.

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Does the SWF require input parameters/resources to work? This is common with
swfs found on the web.


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Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Image Importer Wizard
http://skp.mvps.org/iiw.htm