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James Whetstone

Does anyone know if there is a newsgroup for posting development questions?

So my question to the group is about viewing pps files in a webrowser. This
capability is available on systems where a licensed copy of Powerpoint has
been installed but is not available on systems that have the free Powerpoint
view installed. The free viewer does not install the necessary OLE controls
(progID "powerpont.application" and "powerpoint.show") to play the file in
the browser, so my question is: is there a resdistributable package or SDK
that will install the necessary files? If not, is the binary format of the
PPS/PPT files available for the purpose of possible building a customer
viewer control?

Thanks,
James
 
James Whetstone said:
Does anyone know if there is a newsgroup for posting development
questions?

So my question to the group is about viewing pps files in a webrowser.
This capability is available on systems where a licensed copy of
Powerpoint has been installed but is not available on systems that have
the free Powerpoint view installed.
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Correct, it requires the run time engine of PPT or the viewer.
The free viewer does not install the necessary OLE controls (progID
"powerpont.application" and "powerpoint.show") to play the file in the
browser, so my question is: is there a resdistributable package or SDK
that will install the necessary files?
Click to expand...

Not to my knowledge.
If not, is the binary format of the PPS/PPT files available for the
purpose of possible building a customer viewer control?
Click to expand...

Not really, MS guards the format very tightly.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com
 
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