On 12/09/2010 18:33, NoOp wrote:
On 09/12/2010 12:29 AM, Mike Scott wrote:
...
Meanwhile, I did find in the help file mention of specifying a macro to run
when a given image is loaded, which promised a workaround of sorts for me.
But the help file is highly misleading, I'm afraid - it tells me to "Choose
Insert/Format - Picture - Macro tab" which is nowhere to be found in Impress
-- although it /is/ there in Writer (but not Draw or Calc)!!! It's yet
Not that it works. Does anyone know exactly what run macro 'on graphics
load successful' might mean? It's clearly not what I thought/hoped, ie
'when image appears'.
Just a thought... Once you get that figured out, you might need to
reduce macro security: Tools|Options|OOo...|Security to get it to run.
These may (or may not) be of help also:
<http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Scripting/Writing_Macros>
Thanks for the reply.
I've got macro security set to 'ask me', so that's not an issue. I've
had the same macro set for various events for a graphic - mouse over,
mouse leaving, on-click all seem to work as expected. None of the
graphics load events (ok, failed, etc) seems to do anything at all. Nor
can I find any documentation as to what they are supposed to do.
I've seen the macro page above, thank, but it's rather general. I did
search the wiki a while ago for more specific help, but no luck :-{
Meanwhile (and in the hope a developer is listening!!) I've found that
Powerpoint does allow the live video facility, although not natively.
It's possible, it appears, to embed a vlc window for example into a
slide (eg https://qed.princeton.edu/main/Live_Video_in_PowerPoint).
(The only matches for a google for 'impress live video' return my own
threads :-{ )
Realistically, I think this one's a no-go. It has though shown up a few
deficiencies (IMO) in the facilities offered:-
* No useful hooks for external programs
* no hooks for per-slide macros
* poor documentation
+ out-of-date help file
+ no info on graphics load events
* no live video
(And if the OOo bug tracker were easier to use, I'd enter the above.
Life's too short!!)
But thanks again to those who've offered comment.
--
Mike Scott
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
