CGI calls in Powerpoint

[Rich]

Can one embed/place a "get" call to a cgi executable in a
PowerPoint slide?
I have a live presentation/slide update process which works
well. However, it requires an observer at the presentation
site to send a get call to a cgi, with the presenter's
current slide as the single parameter (the cgi updates an
html page with the new slide number, which is then
downloaded from a folder of the slides, pre-saved as JPEGs
of GIFs).
No big deal, but it occurred to me that if I were able to
obtain the PowerPoint file ahead of time (unlikely, I
know), and plant the get call in each slide (Visual
Basic?), then I'd eliminate the observer.

 

[PPTMagician]

Hi Rich,

You could try an action button. Insert an autoshape (or action button),
then right click, select action settings and use the run program option.

Glenna

 

[Rich]

-----Original Message-----

Is this running as a slide show? Yes
Is it running within PowerPoint or the viewer? Powerpoint
What's the call to the cgi executable look like? myhost.com/cgi-bin/myperl.pl?slide=1


Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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