The quickest and easiest way would be to have a sub directory in your program's structure that contains the PowerPoint Viewer which is freely distributable (not the application), and then write a simple line of code in a behaviour such to locate and open your powerpoint files with this viewer as follows...
on mouseUp me open the moviePath & "ppt\myppt.ppt" with the moviePath & "viewer\pptviewer.exe" end mouseUp me or if you choose to have a property set which is tonnes better... on mouseUp me open the moviePath & myPowerPoint with the moviePath & "viewer\pptviewer" end mouseUp me This will open the PowerPoint file with the viewer in-front of your projector and will return to the projector if you esc or quit PowerPoint Viewer or finish the presentation. I have experienced some weird problems with PowerPoint Viewer when renaming the root directory of the projector after the powerpoint files have been launched. It seems to lose it's bearings a little, however sticking to your original directory names and using the searchCurrentFolder and/or the searchPath syntax will help resolve any issues. Another way would use BuddyAPI and use the openFile command, and this can do a lot more error checking as well! Dave on 11/19/01 3:49 PM, Calog Mallia at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i need some help how do i get powerpoint slides to open up in director, and run as a seperate programme [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
