Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
Shawn McKenzie wrote: 1. If they're not married to PP, why not just use HTML? You can do all of the same things on your own in PHP/HTML. Also, this looks pretty cool: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ Bingo. That's what I'm going to propose. I can do a nice slide-like presentation in HTML the people can just log onto the web site to view. Thanks all! Skip -- Skip Evans PenguinSites.com, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison WI 53703 608.250.2720 http://penguinsites.com Those of you who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. -- Kurt Vonnegut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
Skip Evans wrote: > I wonder what other alternatives to PP might exist for a possible > solution to this. I don't know squat about Flash, but the client is not > married to PP, just needs some kind of presentation the side can > assemble, again basically put images and text into something that can be > displayed to potential clients. > > The OpenOffice API suggestion from Leonard sounds a bit intriguing but > the client doesn't have a huge budget for me to spend a lot of time > experimenting. > > I'm wondering what can be done with images and either ImageMagick or > perhaps GD and then something. > > Skip > 1. If they're not married to PP, why not just use HTML? You can do all of the same things on your own in PHP/HTML. Also, this looks pretty cool: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ 2. If you save a PP as HTML or XML and inspect the tags you can see what you need to do to build one. Or PP will open the HTML or XML and it will behave as a PP presentation if you give it a PP extension instead of htm/html. Also, a PP saved in HTML looks great in IE and has some PP functionality. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:54 -0600, Skip Evans wrote: > I wonder what other alternatives to PP might exist for a > possible solution to this. I don't know squat about Flash, but > the client is not married to PP, just needs some kind of > presentation the side can assemble, again basically put images > and text into something that can be displayed to potential > clients. > > The OpenOffice API suggestion from Leonard sounds a bit > intriguing but the client doesn't have a huge budget for me to > spend a lot of time experimenting. > > I'm wondering what can be done with images and either > ImageMagick or perhaps GD and then something. > > Skip > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:41 -0500, Ryan Sun wrote: > > > >> php on windows server may have the capability... > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Skip Evans wrote: > >> > >>> Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP > >>> library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is > >>> just > >>> let them download files with collections of slides and create the > >>> presentation themselves. > >>> > >>> Skip > >>> > >>> > >>> Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >>> > I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML > formats > to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be > far > easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I > don't > know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Skip Evans > >>> PenguinSites.com, LLC > >>> 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > >>> Madison WI 53703 > >>> 608.250.2720 > >>> http://penguinsites.com > >>> > >>> Those of you who believe in > >>> telekinesis, raise my hand. > >>> -- Kurt Vonnegut > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >>> > > > > > > I think for COM stuff to work, you'd have to have MS Office installed on > > the server. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone; that would be just > > another way into the server should someone wish it. Windows and MS > > Office are just about the most popular bits of software around, and > > Windows is inherently insecure, such that I'd be unsurprised if their > > Office software was as insecure. > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > -- > > Skip Evans > PenguinSites.com, LLC > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > Madison WI 53703 > 608.250.2720 > http://penguinsites.com > > Those of you who believe in > telekinesis, raise my hand. > -- Kurt Vonnegut > Images would likely be HUGE for a presentation! Have you thought about PDF's instead? A PDF is pretty easy to put together, and there are several free to use libraries out there for just such a thing. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
I wonder what other alternatives to PP might exist for a possible solution to this. I don't know squat about Flash, but the client is not married to PP, just needs some kind of presentation the side can assemble, again basically put images and text into something that can be displayed to potential clients. The OpenOffice API suggestion from Leonard sounds a bit intriguing but the client doesn't have a huge budget for me to spend a lot of time experimenting. I'm wondering what can be done with images and either ImageMagick or perhaps GD and then something. Skip Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:41 -0500, Ryan Sun wrote: php on windows server may have the capability... On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Skip Evans wrote: Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is just let them download files with collections of slides and create the presentation themselves. Skip Ashley Sheridan wrote: I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML formats to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I don't know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- Skip Evans PenguinSites.com, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison WI 53703 608.250.2720 http://penguinsites.com Those of you who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. -- Kurt Vonnegut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I think for COM stuff to work, you'd have to have MS Office installed on the server. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone; that would be just another way into the server should someone wish it. Windows and MS Office are just about the most popular bits of software around, and Windows is inherently insecure, such that I'd be unsurprised if their Office software was as insecure. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- Skip Evans PenguinSites.com, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison WI 53703 608.250.2720 http://penguinsites.com Those of you who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. -- Kurt Vonnegut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:41 -0500, Ryan Sun wrote: > php on windows server may have the capability... > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Skip Evans wrote: > > > Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP > > library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is just > > let them download files with collections of slides and create the > > presentation themselves. > > > > Skip > > > > > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > > >> > >> I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML formats > >> to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far > >> easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I > >> don't > >> know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ash > >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > > > Skip Evans > > PenguinSites.com, LLC > > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > > Madison WI 53703 > > 608.250.2720 > > http://penguinsites.com > > > > Those of you who believe in > > telekinesis, raise my hand. > > -- Kurt Vonnegut > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > I think for COM stuff to work, you'd have to have MS Office installed on the server. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone; that would be just another way into the server should someone wish it. Windows and MS Office are just about the most popular bits of software around, and Windows is inherently insecure, such that I'd be unsurprised if their Office software was as insecure. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
php on windows server may have the capability... On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Skip Evans wrote: > Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP > library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is just > let them download files with collections of slides and create the > presentation themselves. > > Skip > > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> >> I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML formats >> to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far >> easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I don't >> know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. >> >> Thanks, >> Ash >> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >> >> >> > -- > > Skip Evans > PenguinSites.com, LLC > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > Madison WI 53703 > 608.250.2720 > http://penguinsites.com > > Those of you who believe in > telekinesis, raise my hand. > -- Kurt Vonnegut > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is just let them download files with collections of slides and create the presentation themselves. Skip Ashley Sheridan wrote: I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML formats to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I don't know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- Skip Evans PenguinSites.com, LLC 503 S Baldwin St, #1 Madison WI 53703 608.250.2720 http://penguinsites.com Those of you who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. -- Kurt Vonnegut -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Powerpoint from PHP?
On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:19 -0600, Skip Evans wrote: > Hey all, > > I have a client who creates PowerPoint presentations to sell > their clients on projects. What he would like his site to do > is allow his clients to arrange their own PP presentations > from an existing collection of slides with images, but then > add their own text. > > So the problem I need to solve is to take a set of PP slides > with images, and then insert text into each one below the > image and then assemble a .ppt file consisting of the selected > slides. > > I'm Googling around now for a solution, but if anyone has > tackled this before and can point me in a productive direction > heaps of praise will be orated at my next "heap praise on > people" party. > > ...in other words, thanks, > Skip > > -- > > Skip Evans > PenguinSites.com, LLC > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > Madison WI 53703 > 608.250.2720 > http://penguinsites.com > > Those of you who believe in > telekinesis, raise my hand. > -- Kurt Vonnegut > I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML formats to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I don't know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
