Puzzler of the day... week???

[Guest]

I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another ppt 97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003 player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines to be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both 97 and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory. (All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer. The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links to the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and play them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?

 

[Guest]

Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl

 

[Sonia]

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg
docobj.dll
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll
PPVIEW.INF
rappt.dll
README.TXT
selfreg.dll
servrdep.srg
servrind.srg
setup.stf
sshow.srg
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?

 

[Guest]

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another ppt 97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003 player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines to be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both 97 and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory. (All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer. The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links to the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and play them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Echo S]

You will want to search your harddrive for the missing files. They end up on
your system when you install the PPT Viewer. The Viewer needs those files on
the CD to run properly from the CD.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is

another ppt
97

presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the

2003
player.

Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer

machines to
be

able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in

both 97
and

2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same

directory.
(All

files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer. The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the

links to
the

2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and

play
them

from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another

ppt
97

presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003 player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines

to
be

able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both

97
and

2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same

directory.
(All

files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer. The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links

to
the

2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and

play
them

from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box. I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another ppt
97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines to
be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both 97
and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer. The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links to
the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

If I could look over your shoulder I would be able to tell you what's wrong. If
you want to take this offline so that we can exchange screen shots, etc., you
can write to me at sonia @ soniacoleman . com.

What I'll want to see are screen shots of your CD's root directory, a screen
shot of the folder on your hard drive that contains all of the presentation
files, and I'll want to see the menu.ppt, autorun.inf file and the bat file for
starters.

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled,

but
the

problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected

another
one

page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link

box.
I

tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player

and
an

autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed

via
the 97

player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is

another
ppt

97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer

machines
to

be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in

both
97

and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing

to
a

batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this

is
the

batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt

versions
to CD

(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different

computer.
The

menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the

links
to

the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot

find
the

files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and

look
at

the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on

the
other

computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Echo S]

Do you have the appropriate files for the 2003 Viewer to play from the CD?
(These may have been included in Sonia's previous list, but I'm not
positive.)

gdiplus.dll
intidate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
pvreadme.htm
saext.dll
unicows.dll

I'd probably make sure to go ahead and include the play.bat and
playlist.txt, too. I think you probably already have those, but maybe not.

Also, "The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try
again" is an odd error. How again did you create the link to the 2003 files?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links

handled, but
the

problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected

another
one

page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link

box.
I

tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe

player and
an

autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at

the
link.

When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and

then
select

to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is

viewed via
the 97

player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is

another
ppt

97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer

machines
to

be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created

in both
97

and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting

pointing to
a

batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt.

(this is
the

batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt

versions
to CD

(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different

computer.
The

menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of

the links
to

the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot

find
the

files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player)

and look
at

the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location

on the
other

computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation

to
another

computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative

and
play

them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Echo S]

I got this to work, but it wasn't exactly easy.

I read through your posts again, and I see that the problem is really with
the links, not with whether the Viewer runs or not. However, my resolution
resolves issues with both potential problems (links *and* viewer files).

I started with the presentation which should run in the PPT 2003 Viewer, and
I named it Presentation 1.PPT

It was just one slide with no links or anything. I used Package for CD in
PPT 2003 and packaged Presentation 1 to a folder. I ended up with these
files:

Presentation 1.ppt
gdiplus.dll
intidate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
pvreadme.htm
saext.dll
unicows.dll
AUTORUN.INF
play.bat
playlist.txt

I moved all of these files to a folder called c:\test.

I then opened PPT 2000 and created a 1-slide presentation called Menu.PPT.

I made a textbox that says "Click here for another presentation," and I
right-clicked it and chose Action Settings to set the link. I chose Run
Program, and here's what I put in that box to link to Presentation 1.ppt:

"C:\test\pptview.exe" "C:\test\Presentation 1.ppt"

I saved Menu.PPT, and then I did a File/Pack and Go. I packed to my C:\
drive. I then doubleclicked the pngsetup.exe and unpacked to a folder called
C:\UNPACK.

This resolves the links from Menu.PPT to Presentation 1.PPT.

I copied all of the files from the UNPACK folder to the TEST folder and
lumped them in with the files which were already in there.

Well, actually, I followed the setup instructions for PPTViewer 97 autorun
at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd.htm#Doityourself so I really created
a folder inside TEST which was called PRESENT. I put Menu.PPT and
Playlist.LST in that folder. I renamed Playlist.LST to Present.LST as per
the instructions on my site, simply to help me keep things straight.

I then modified the autorun.INF to make it read
[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst (that's LST on the extension)

Finally, I went through the list of files for the 97 Viewer and added any
missing ones to the TEST folder. I also created another folder in there
called SETUP, and I put PPVIEW.DLL inside the SETUP folder.

Tested on my system, and it worked fine. So I burned a CD, and it worked
fine, too.

Hope that helps.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links

handled, but
the

problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected

another
one

page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link

box.
I

tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe

player and
an

autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at

the
link.

When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and

then
select

to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is

viewed via
the 97

player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is

another
ppt

97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer

machines
to

be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created

in both
97

and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting

pointing to
a

batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt.

(this is
the

batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt

versions
to CD

(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different

computer.
The

menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of

the links
to

the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot

find
the

files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player)

and look
at

the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location

on the
other

computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation

to
another

computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative

and
play

them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

Thanks for sending your files to me. I'm a visual person, so seeing pictures
always seems to help me.

Echo gave you the structure that works, and this is just confirmation. The
PowerPoint 97 Viewer will handle the relative links to other presentations
correctly if you use a play list, instead of having the autorun.inf file play
just one presentation. Also, Pack and Go doesn't structure the files for
autorunning from a CD. The Pack and Go structure will work for a presentation
that has no links, but not with a setup like yours. That's evident because the
Menu file opens fine, but the links don't work.

With everything in the root directory, you will get the message you
mentioned - - "The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try
again."

Therefore, use NotePad to create a one line text file that contains the
following line and save it with a name of present.lst in a sub-folder called
\present. Your presentation files should also be in \present.

"present\MENU.PPT"

Your autorun.inf file should also be a text file with:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst


My CD looks as follows. It doesn't include the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files, so
you'll need to adapt this to incorporate your file that needs the 2003 Viewer.
The list includes more files than Pack and Go to ensure full compliance with the
End User License Agreement for the Viewer.

\present (contains the presentations and the present.lst file)
ACMSETUP.HLP
autorun.inf
base.srg
docobj.dll
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
LICENSE.TXT
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll
PPVIEW.INF
rappt.dll
README.TXT
selfreg.dll
servrdep.srg
servrind.srg
setup.stf
sshow.srg
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled,

but
the

problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected

another
one

page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link

box.
I

tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player

and
an

autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed

via
the 97

player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is

another
ppt

97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer

machines
to

be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in

both
97

and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing

to
a

batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this

is
the

batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt

versions
to CD

(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different

computer.
The

menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the

links
to

the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot

find
the

files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and

look
at

the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on

the
other

computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Echo,

Thank you so much for spending your time to help me. I'll give this a try
and let you know. There are two things that I'm unclear about: at the end
of your advice you say you "added any missing ones (files) to the TEST
folder." What ones are missing? And where do you get these missing files?

Thank you again!!!


I also created another folder in there

called SETUP, and I put PPVIEW.DLL inside the SETUP folder.

I got this to work, but it wasn't exactly easy.

I read through your posts again, and I see that the problem is really with
the links, not with whether the Viewer runs or not. However, my resolution
resolves issues with both potential problems (links *and* viewer files).

I started with the presentation which should run in the PPT 2003 Viewer, and
I named it Presentation 1.PPT

It was just one slide with no links or anything. I used Package for CD in
PPT 2003 and packaged Presentation 1 to a folder. I ended up with these
files:

Presentation 1.ppt
gdiplus.dll
intidate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
pvreadme.htm
saext.dll
unicows.dll
AUTORUN.INF
play.bat
playlist.txt

I moved all of these files to a folder called c:\test.

I then opened PPT 2000 and created a 1-slide presentation called Menu.PPT.

I made a textbox that says "Click here for another presentation," and I
right-clicked it and chose Action Settings to set the link. I chose Run
Program, and here's what I put in that box to link to Presentation 1.ppt:

"C:\test\pptview.exe" "C:\test\Presentation 1.ppt"

I saved Menu.PPT, and then I did a File/Pack and Go. I packed to my C:\
drive. I then doubleclicked the pngsetup.exe and unpacked to a folder called
C:\UNPACK.

This resolves the links from Menu.PPT to Presentation 1.PPT.

I copied all of the files from the UNPACK folder to the TEST folder and
lumped them in with the files which were already in there.

Well, actually, I followed the setup instructions for PPTViewer 97 autorun
at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd.htm#Doityourself so I really created
a folder inside TEST which was called PRESENT. I put Menu.PPT and
Playlist.LST in that folder. I renamed Playlist.LST to Present.LST as per
the instructions on my site, simply to help me keep things straight.

I then modified the autorun.INF to make it read
[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst (that's LST on the extension)

Finally, I went through the list of files for the 97 Viewer and added any
missing ones to the TEST folder. I also created another folder in there
called SETUP, and I put PPVIEW.DLL inside the SETUP folder.

Tested on my system, and it worked fine. So I burned a CD, and it worked
fine, too.

Hope that helps.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but
the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another
one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box.
I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and
an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the
link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then
select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via
the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another
ppt
97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines
to
be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both
97
and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same
directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to
a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is
the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions
to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer.
The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links
to
the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find
the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look
at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the
other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to
another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and
play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Sonia,

Thank you so much for helping me out. I was about to give up. I'll give it
a try and let you know how I do.

I'm still unclear about one thing... you say, "The list includes more files
than Pack and Go to ensure full compliance with the End User License
Agreement for the Viewer." What extra files are these? And where do you get
these files?

Thank you again!!!

Thanks for sending your files to me. I'm a visual person, so seeing pictures
always seems to help me.

Echo gave you the structure that works, and this is just confirmation. The
PowerPoint 97 Viewer will handle the relative links to other presentations
correctly if you use a play list, instead of having the autorun.inf file play
just one presentation. Also, Pack and Go doesn't structure the files for
autorunning from a CD. The Pack and Go structure will work for a presentation
that has no links, but not with a setup like yours. That's evident because the
Menu file opens fine, but the links don't work.

With everything in the root directory, you will get the message you
mentioned - - "The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try
again."

Therefore, use NotePad to create a one line text file that contains the
following line and save it with a name of present.lst in a sub-folder called
\present. Your presentation files should also be in \present.

"present\MENU.PPT"

Your autorun.inf file should also be a text file with:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst


My CD looks as follows. It doesn't include the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files, so
you'll need to adapt this to incorporate your file that needs the 2003 Viewer.
The list includes more files than Pack and Go to ensure full compliance with the
End User License Agreement for the Viewer.

\present (contains the presentations and the present.lst file)
ACMSETUP.HLP
autorun.inf
base.srg
docobj.dll
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
LICENSE.TXT
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll
PPVIEW.INF
rappt.dll
README.TXT
selfreg.dll
servrdep.srg
servrind.srg
setup.stf
sshow.srg
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of the CD, it
should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you have no
folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but
the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text box. I
right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another
one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box.
I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and
an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the
link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then
select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually from the
same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via
the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another
ppt
97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via the 2003
player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines
to
be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created in both
97
and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same
directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to
a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt. (this is
the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions
to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer.
The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of the links
to
the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find
the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player) and look
at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location on the
other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to
another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and
play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

See the list I provided for the files you need. You'll need to do a search on
your system to locate them unless you have WinZip. You can open WinZip and then
open PPView97.exe. Its contents will be listed. Double click on the
PPView1.cab file to expand it to a list of files. Then press Ctrl + A to select
them and go to Edit > Extract or click on the Extract button.

Sonia,

Thank you so much for helping me out. I was about to give up. I'll give it
a try and let you know how I do.

I'm still unclear about one thing... you say, "The list includes more files
than Pack and Go to ensure full compliance with the End User License
Agreement for the Viewer." What extra files are these? And where do you get
these files?

Thank you again!!!

Thanks for sending your files to me. I'm a visual person, so seeing pictures
always seems to help me.

Echo gave you the structure that works, and this is just confirmation. The
PowerPoint 97 Viewer will handle the relative links to other presentations
correctly if you use a play list, instead of having the autorun.inf file play
just one presentation. Also, Pack and Go doesn't structure the files for
autorunning from a CD. The Pack and Go structure will work for a presentation
that has no links, but not with a setup like yours. That's evident because the
Menu file opens fine, but the links don't work.

With everything in the root directory, you will get the message you
mentioned - - "The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try
again."

Therefore, use NotePad to create a one line text file that contains the
following line and save it with a name of present.lst in a sub-folder called
\present. Your presentation files should also be in \present.

"present\MENU.PPT"

Your autorun.inf file should also be a text file with:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst


My CD looks as follows. It doesn't include the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer files, so
you'll need to adapt this to incorporate your file that needs the 2003 Viewer.
The list includes more files than Pack and Go to ensure full compliance with the
End User License Agreement for the Viewer.

\present (contains the presentations and the present.lst file)
ACMSETUP.HLP
autorun.inf
base.srg
docobj.dll
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
LICENSE.TXT
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll
PPVIEW.INF
rappt.dll
README.TXT
selfreg.dll
servrdep.srg
servrind.srg
setup.stf
sshow.srg
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl




:

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when you install
PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones for

a
CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description of

the
CD, it

should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that you

have
no

folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that as a
simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I do have
many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of the show
that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing

"Package
for

CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the PowerPoint files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links

handled,
but

the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a text

box.
I

right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I selected another
one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative link box.
I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to Test 2 works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning

feature,
I

burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe

player
and

an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking at the
link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and try again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows

Explorer
to

navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player and then
select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation manually

from
the

same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file via autorun
from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is

viewed
via

the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one is another
ppt
97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed via

the
2003

player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and newer machines
to
be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just created

in
both

97
and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the action setting
pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same
directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting

pointing
to

a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003 ppt.

(this
is

the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to CD command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2 ppt versions
to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a different computer.
The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either of

the
links

to
the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt cannot find
the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the player)

and
look

at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute location

on
the

other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in the same
directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the presentation to
another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as relative and
play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!

 

[Echo S]

As Sonia mentioned, and as I mentioned earlier in this thread, I think, you
have to do a search on your system for those other files. They get installed
to your system when you install the PPT Viewer, and you need to put them on
the CD so that the Viewer will run correctly (and you meet the licensing
agreements) from the CD.

However, you'll be better off going with Sonia's instructions. When I tested
my CD here, I'd forgotten to delete the original folder from my harddrive,
and my CD files were still pointing to my harddrive. So it worked -- until I
remembered to delete the folder (which always seems to happen right after
I've hit the "send" button on the post!)

That's why the "uh oh, I lied" post. (Sorry about that. I blew it!)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Echo,

Thank you so much for spending your time to help me. I'll give this a try
and let you know. There are two things that I'm unclear about: at the end
of your advice you say you "added any missing ones (files) to the TEST
folder." What ones are missing? And where do you get these missing files?

Thank you again!!!


I also created another folder in there

called SETUP, and I put PPVIEW.DLL inside the SETUP folder.

I got this to work, but it wasn't exactly easy.

I read through your posts again, and I see that the problem is really with
the links, not with whether the Viewer runs or not. However, my resolution
resolves issues with both potential problems (links *and* viewer files).

I started with the presentation which should run in the PPT 2003 Viewer, and
I named it Presentation 1.PPT

It was just one slide with no links or anything. I used Package for CD in
PPT 2003 and packaged Presentation 1 to a folder. I ended up with these
files:

Presentation 1.ppt
gdiplus.dll
intidate.dll
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
pvreadme.htm
saext.dll
unicows.dll
AUTORUN.INF
play.bat
playlist.txt

I moved all of these files to a folder called c:\test.

I then opened PPT 2000 and created a 1-slide presentation called Menu.PPT.

I made a textbox that says "Click here for another presentation," and I
right-clicked it and chose Action Settings to set the link. I chose Run
Program, and here's what I put in that box to link to Presentation 1.ppt:

"C:\test\pptview.exe" "C:\test\Presentation 1.ppt"

I saved Menu.PPT, and then I did a File/Pack and Go. I packed to my C:\
drive. I then doubleclicked the pngsetup.exe and unpacked to a folder called
C:\UNPACK.

This resolves the links from Menu.PPT to Presentation 1.PPT.

I copied all of the files from the UNPACK folder to the TEST folder and
lumped them in with the files which were already in there.

Well, actually, I followed the setup instructions for PPTViewer 97 autorun
at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd.htm#Doityourself so I really created
a folder inside TEST which was called PRESENT. I put Menu.PPT and
Playlist.LST in that folder. I renamed Playlist.LST to Present.LST as per
the instructions on my site, simply to help me keep things straight.

I then modified the autorun.INF to make it read
[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst (that's LST on the extension)

Finally, I went through the list of files for the 97 Viewer and added any
missing ones to the TEST folder. I also created another folder in there
called SETUP, and I put PPVIEW.DLL inside the SETUP folder.

Tested on my system, and it worked fine. So I burned a CD, and it worked
fine, too.

Hope that helps.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Sonia,

Yes, everything is in the root of the CD.

However the problem is not that the CD won't autorun. The autorun feature
plays the first Ppt97 file fine (which is the menu to the other 2 files).
The problem is that the relative links to the other two Ppt files (one to
another 97 Ppt and one to 2003 player and 2003 ppt- via batch file) don't
work. I get the error message that says it can't find the files-- even though
they are in the CD root.

The mysterious thing is that the links work just fine to the other two
presentations from the menu presentation if I open the menu presentation
manually by loading Ppview32 and then selecting the menu ppt-- instead of
loading the menu ppt 97 via autorun.

It seems to me that when loaded via autoload, Ppview32 doesn't remrmber
where the root of the CD is and tries to find the other PPt files in the
root of... maybe the C drive? and can't find them there.

Why can't Ppview32 find the other Ppt files when they are in the CD root
with relative links... when loaded via autorun?

Thanks again,
Earl




:

The files I listed are all of the files that are installed/used when

you
install

PowerPoint 97 Viewer on your system. You checked the critical ones

for
a CD.

I can't spot where you have gone wrong. Based on your description

of
the CD, it

should autorun successfully. Just to confirm, is it correct that

you
have no

folders on your CD - - everything on the CD is in the root directory?

Sonia,

Thanks for your quick reply. The test cd (as described in my last post)
does not have any of these files. However... I just gave you that

as
a

simple example. In the real project that has the same problems I

do
have

many of those files on the CD, but not all. I have placed an "X" next to
the files you listed below that I do not have on the project CD.

Where would these files have come from? I have the 97 version of

the
show

that I did a pack and go on... that's where I got the files for that
presentation, and I got the files for my 2003 version by doing "Package for
CD"-- but used the copy to folder option.

Your prompt help again would be appreciated. Thanks.

Earl

:

Does your CD contain the following, in addition to the

PowerPoint
files?

autorun.inf
base.srg X
docobj.dll X
hlink.dll
hlinkprx.dll
msimrt16.dll
msimrt32.dll
msimrt.dll
msimusic.dll
mso97v.dll
msorfs.dll
msppt8vr.olb
MSSETUP.DLL X
msv7enu.dll
pp4x322.dll
pp7x32.dll
ppintlv.dll
PPVIEW32.EXE
ppview.dll X
PPVIEW.INF X
rappt.dll
README.TXT X
selfreg.dll X
servrdep.srg X
servrind.srg X
setup.stf X
sshow.srg X
t2embed.dll
urlmon.dll
wininet.dll


Sonia,

Yes. I've since discovered a way to get the relative links handled, but
the
problem has grown...

Let me give a simple example....

I made a single slide ppt 97 presentation (test1.ppt) with a

text
box. I

right clicked the text box and selected action settings. I selected
hyperlink to ... another powerpoint presentation... I

selected
another

one
page ppt 97 presentation (test 2.ppt). I checked the relative

link
box.

I
tested this in the show feature and the link from Test1 to

Test 2
works.

I then copied those 2 ppt 97 files to floppy and put them on another
computer that has a cd burner. Using XPs send to CD burning feature, I
burned Test 1 and Test 2 to the CD along with the ppview32.exe player and
an
autorun.inf file with this code:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe test1.ppt
icon=ppview32.exe

Then I tested the CD. It autoruns fine. I'm in Test 1 looking

at
the

link.
When I click the link to go to Test 2, I get the message:

"The address of this site is not valid. Check the address and

try
again."

Okay, so I now escape from the presentation and use Windows Explorer to
navigate to the CD where I manually load the ppview32 player

and
then

select
to open Test 1.

Guess what? When launching the player and presentation

manually
from the

same CD, the link works fine!!!!

What is the difference between loading the player and ppt file

via
autorun

from the CD and loading them from the CD manually?

Please help!!!

Earl




:

On the CD, are all of the files in the root directory?


I have a ppt 97 menu (single slide with 2 links) that is viewed via
the 97
player. That menu calls two other ppt presentations... one

is
another

ppt
97
presentation and the other is a 2003 presentation viewed

via
the 2003

player.
Why? I'm distributiing on CD and want both older and

newer
machines

to
be
able to view it. Both are the same presentation-- just

created
in both

97
and
2003, and using the 2 different players.

Here are the details on the links in the menu ppt....
to the other 97 ppt I simply have a text box with the

action
setting

pointing to "annother ppt presentation" that is in the same
directory.
(All
files for all ppts are in one directory).
to the 2003 ppt I have a text box with the action setting pointing to
a
batch file that loads the new 2003 player and the 2003

ppt.
(this is

the
batch file that ppt 2003 generates when I use the Copy to

CD
command)

Then I then burn all the files for the menu and other 2

ppt
versions

to CD
(using Roxio-- not Ppt) to CD. I put the CD in a

different
computer.

The
menu ppt auto loads just fine, but when I click on either

of
the links

to
the
2 different presentation versions, it tells me that ppt

cannot
find

the
files.

I go load the menu ppt into the PPt program (not the

player)
and look

at
the links. They are still pointing to the absolute

location
on the

other
computer-- not to the relative location on the CD.

My understanding is that if you link to files that are in

the
same

directory
as your current ppt (which I did), then move the

presentation
to

another
computer or on CD, that Ppt should see those links as

relative
and

play
them
from the current directory-- not the absolute location.

How do I get the links to be relative to the CD?

Help!!!!!