On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 14:30, Victor Pendleton wrote:
> How did you plan on using the information pulled from the database? If you
> are currently using MS Query or a DSN you can modify the current connection
> information to point to your MySQL database.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat
> To: mysql
> Sent: 8/27/04 2:21 PM
> Subject: powerpoint and mysql
> 
> Greetings, 
> I'm new to the list.
> I was wondering if it is possible to user mysql and powerpoint?  I have
> a small database of simple text entries that I want to create whereby I
> can pull a title up and have the rest of the slide dynamically
> generated.  The reason for this is that the presentation data will
> change weekly but over time the data will be used over and over - so I
> don't want to lose it or have to re-enter it.  Any ideas?
> thanks,
> Doug
That is part of the equation.  I know that in ppt I can add "objects"
but I don't see anywhere for any kind of datasource.  I didn't know if
anyone was working on a possible plugin or maybe knew of a way to make
it work.  Here's what I am doing.  I handle all of the music at my
church.  Every week we use a projector and a laptop to put the words to
the songs on a screen.  I am taking the task of putting the songs on the
laptop and realized that for the past two years they were creating new
presentations for each week.  I think this is a waste of time.  At a
bare minimum I am going to dump all of the songs into some sort of text
document in a single directory - named by the title of the song.  I use
mysql (I'm not a programmer) on some very simple php/mysql stuff at work
and am familiar with inputting data and then retrieving it again.  If I
could have a db with just two columns (title, song) I and a way to
actually "import" this data to ppt I could make it work.  In a perfect
world I would create a much larger db with song keys, dates of last
play, etc.  I hope this clears my request up.  As for "MS Query" or
"DSN", I don't use MS Query (not sure what it is) and I have no clue
what DSN is either.  Sorry.  Thanks for the input.
Doug


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