"Mike Scott" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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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!!)
Mike,
You might want to send your question to [email protected]
where it seems to me to be more likeley that a developer will be
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+ out-of-date help file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
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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