director in ppt

[Eugenio Callejas]

Hello all,

I used the tutorial at indezine.com describing how to import a director file
into powerpoint. This worked pretty well but, I can't seem to add any
animation to my director object.

I am using Powerpoint XP and Director MX.
go here to find some files to work with if you are interested in helping me
out:
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppdirector.html

Any help would me greatly appreciated...thanks!

-e.

 

[Sonia]

Please tell us the steps that you follow to try to add animation to your
director object. What happens when you do it? What isn't working for you?

 

[Eugenio Callejas]

Okay...heres more detail:

I inserted a ShockwaveActiveX control from the control toolbox and under
properties put my director file in the SRC. My movie plays fine, but I
cannot add any custom animations to it because the option is not available
for this type of object.

Is there anyway around this. I can place my director movie anywhere on the
slide, but I can't add motion to it like I would a regular object.

Thanks!

-e.

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

You cannot animate the Director object since it's not a PowerPoint element -
it is an external ActiveX object that PowerPoint cannot animate.


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Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
http://www.indezine.com
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The PowerPoint Blog at http://www.indezine.com/blog/

 

[Sonia]

Thanks for clarifying. No, when you click an object, which in this case is
a control, and then go to Custom Animations, only the animations available
for that object type will be active. As you've learned, there are some
objects which cannot be animated at all.

 

[Eugenio Callejas]

Okay thanks for your responses!

One more thing: Is it possible to have the director object appear after a
period of time in the slide...maybe have the VISIBLE property change after a
delay using a macro of some sort? Im not a programmer and I really don't
know about macros.

Thanks again for your help...you guys rock.

-e.

 

[Sonia]

You could make a duplicate the slide andput the control on the duplicate.
Set the original to transition after X seconds, and when the duplicate slide
pops up it will visually seem that the control just "appeared" on the slide.