Shockwave/Flash problem

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I have suddenly lost the ability to insert Shockwave or Flash content into my
PowerPoint presentations. This problem began after our computers were
upgraded to Flash 9 and Shockwave 10 and may also be connected with a problem
I had with a corrupted presentation containing Flash content.

When I open a presentation with an embedded SWF or DCR, I get "Some controls
on this presentation can't be activated. They might not be registered on this
computer." If I try to add new content, SWFs added as a "Shockwave Flash
Object" appear to work (no error messages) but don't play. Attempting to
insert a "Shockwave ActiveX Control" gives the message "Object library
invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found."

I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Flash and Shockwave and verified
that they work in both Firefox and IE. PowerPoint, however, doesn't seem to
be getting the message.

Any suggestions?
 
JV,

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com
 
JV,

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.
Click to expand...

So as a workaround, people could host the flash_thing in an html page and
display that in PPT with Shyam's LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org)?
 
So as a workaround, people could host the flash_thing in an html page and
display that in PPT with Shyam's LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org)?
Click to expand...

Wow, it's almost worth having the problem to find out about LiveWeb, which
somehow I've never come across. I'll have *many* uses for that!
The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.
Click to expand...

Gee, thanks, Adobe...when it was Macromedia, Flash always worked great with
PowerPoint. I can install LiveWeb on all the computers I present from, but
what happens when you go to give a presentation somewhere else? Someone's
going to have to address this at some point.

Thanks for the help!
 
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