How To: Manipulate PowerPoint View?

A

assaf

hi all

i am successfully manipulating PowerPoint from my app.
however, i would like to do the same with PowerPoint Viewer.
when i try, i get an error message just as i would if PowerPoint was at all
not present.

can i manipulate PowerPoint Viewer as i would PowerPoint?



assaf
 
S

Steve Rindsberg

hi all

i am successfully manipulating PowerPoint from my app.
however, i would like to do the same with PowerPoint Viewer.
when i try, i get an error message just as i would if PowerPoint was at all
not present.

can i manipulate PowerPoint Viewer as i would PowerPoint?
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No; the older PowerPoint 97 viewer exposes a very limited object model -
methods to open a file, move from slide to slide, maybe print a file and that's
it.

The newer PowerPoint 2003 viewer exposes nothing. It's not controllable.

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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A

assaf

tnx


Steve Rindsberg said:
No; the older PowerPoint 97 viewer exposes a very limited object model -
methods to open a file, move from slide to slide, maybe print a file and that's
it.

The newer PowerPoint 2003 viewer exposes nothing. It's not controllable.

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
================================================
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