How do I get a button to run a powerpoint presentation?

[Dangle]

Hi,

I am trying to get a button in access to open a powerpoint presentation, I
see I can open a word doc and excel file easily, however the only way I can
see to open a powerpoint presentation is to navigate to powerpoint.exe and
get that to launch, then once in there get the macro to open the correct file.

This will not work on our system as the local drive (where powerpoint is
installed) is not accessable (locked down) so I need to navigate to the file
itself and get that to open without going via c:\

Is this possible?

path is e:\asg training\presentations\Environmental Training.pps

any help would be GREAT!!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Steve Schapel]

Dangle,

I have not tried this specifically with PowerPoint. But the standard
Command Line syntax for the RunApp macro action (which I presume is what
you are using?) is like this...

"C:\Program Files\...\powerpoint.exe" "E:\asg
training\presentations\Environmental Training.pps"

I expect this would work.