OFF: "Open Program" message

[Steve]

I'm using powerpoint 2000 and I have a button which opens
an external .exe file. According to Microsoft Knowledge
Base Article - 291912, I will always get a message "Do you
want to open..." regardless to security settings.

I changed the security setting to "Low" an it seemed to
take care of the problem for the buttons on that slide.
Other buttons still give the same message.

What's going on? Please help. Any solutions?

Thanks
Steve

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

I'm using powerpoint 2000 and I have a button which opens
an external .exe file. According to Microsoft Knowledge
Base Article - 291912, I will always get a message "Do you
want to open..." regardless to security settings.

I changed the security setting to "Low" an it seemed to
take care of the problem for the buttons on that slide.
Other buttons still give the same message.

Are you sure you didn't change this one button to a Run Program action
instead of open file?

 

[Guest]

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


Are you sure you didn't change this one button to a Run Program action
instead of open file?

You are right. I changed it to Run Program. Is that a fix
for my problem?

 

[Guest]

Yes, they seem to be gone.

-----Original Message-----
Did the problematic symptoms go away?




.

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Well there ya go. I'm willing to declare it a fix if you are. <g>

Run seems to behave differently in different versions, but at least in some,
it bypasses the security warning. Weird but true.

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