! PowerPoint Viewer cannot find the file "playlist.txt".

[Michael Koerner]

Doesn't seem like I was much help. The Autorun.inf file should not say much
other than

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

If the whole presentation won't run, but when split in half both halves
autorun. why not split your presentation into two presentations and either
link from one to the other or have them as separate presentations in your
playlist.txt file.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Actually, the show was originally made in PP2003. It was enhanced in
PP2007. It was published in PP2007. I no longer have PP2003 on my computer
(I had tried saving the one time, on one attempt to solve this, in the
PP2003 format [.ppt] to see if that made any difference, but with no joy).
The show runs perfectly on my computer. It runs perfectly off of a burned
CD using PPViewer2007. It just won't Autorun. As noted in my post of
yesterday, after slicing and dicing portions of the show....I can get the
first half to Autorun, and the second have to autorun. The whole show will
not autorun. I did a small "test show" and it autoruns perfectly.
Theoretically, I could make a complete new show as you suggest....all in
PP2007....but I logged literally several hundred hours building it (it has
very complex graphics) and I'm not sure if I have that in me again :>). The
common denominator, it seems, is autorun.inf, but I can't see that there
would be an issue with that file as it does work on the test show and the
"portions" of my big show.

Thank you for all your input. I really appreciate it.

pinger

I would create the initial presentation in 2007, then publish it in 2007
and
see if that works. From your earlier post you indicated that it was done
in
2003 and 2007 and published using 2003 which I don't believe will work.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

Would you please proffer your thoughts on the below series of events?
Based on everything done thus far I tried a couple of things: I was
wondering if, by chance, there was a problem with a single slide within
the
presentation that may be causing a problem. I made a "work copy" of my
presentation then removed the second half of the 209 slides, published the
shorter version and clicked on the .bat file, the show RAN. By process of
elimination, I kept slicing and dicing it up in different ways, publishing
a
new bundle each time and seeing if it would run, trying to find a "rogue
slide."

Slides 1-129 worked fine when published; slides 131-209 worked fine when
published. My reaction was, "ah ha." But.........when I "hid" slide 130
and
published, it did NOT run. So I deleted, then recreated a new slide 130,
published and it still did not run. I removed the sound file on that
slide....it did not run.

Do you have any thoughts on this?

pinger

So, the bottom line is:

When in the created folder, you start the viewer and then click on the
presentation everything works as it should.

When in the created folder and you double click on the bat file it try's
to
run but does not.

Double clicking on the pptviewer.exe will start the viewer and offer you
a
screen with available files from within the same folder that you can
choose.
The file size does not seem to be overly large. should not be a problem.

What I would do, is start from scratch as it seems that the program is
trying to find something that is not there. I would, and you say that all
the sound files are in the same folder as the presentation reinsert the
sound files WAV or MP3 should not make a difference other than the MP3
files
will be linked. Once inserted I would publish to CD using the Copy to
folder
Option and then try it before you burn the CD. Have a look her on how to
do
that
Test an AutoRun CD
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00209.htm




--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

I'm sorry if I was not clear.

When I double click on the on pptview.exe in the created folder, the
VIEWER
starts, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not run.

When I double click on play.bat in the created folder, the VIEWER starts,
a
black DOS screen momentarily appears, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not
run.

When I double click on pptview.exe, right click on my .pps file, then
left
click on "show", the PowerPoint show DOES RUN perfectly [recalling....the
original problem is that when the burned disc is inserted, the show does
not
start automatically as expected and desired].

When I mentioned CD media, I was referring to the blank media I used for
the
burn. So, no, I am not trying to play music selections off of a CD. All
of
the associated sound files are resident in the same directory/folder that
the original .ppt file was created in, as they were at the time of
insertion.

Now as for size of the .pps file; (are you sitting?) it is 438MB. The
reason it is so large is that all the sound files are .wavs. The show
file
had .mp3 files at first, but for some reason some would not play, so I
removed them all and inserted .wav files instead....which run perfectly.

I apologize that this thing has, by your grace, taken so much of your
time
and I do appreciate you efforts in getting me back onto the highway. The
input and support by all the MVP's is invaluable.

pinger

I just don't understand You replied to my request that if you double
click
on the viewer in the created folder it starts. Yet if you click on the
bat
file that calls that same viewer it does not start. Have you tried
starting
the viewer and then opening your presentation from the viewer?

You mention CD media. Are you also trying to play selections from a CD?
If
that is the case then it probably won't work as you have to have the CD
in
the drive when you play your presentation. The size of the presentation
should not matter. BTW, how big is it?

If your not using CD music, I suggest you put all your sound files into
the
same folder as your presentation, reinsert them, and then publish your
presentation to CD using the copy to folder option and then try playing
it
again


--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael: Thank you for sticking this out with me.

As you suggested below, I renamed the file on my computer in the folder
created for burning and edited playlist.txt to match the new name. When
double clicking on the .bat file the same thing occurs as before....the
viewer appears to be opening, I see a partial screen empty DOS page for
a
moment...but nothing happens after that.

The only anomaly that occurred when I was publishing to the file is the
program said it could not locate a specific .mp3 file that had been
associated with the show earlier [but had since been replaced by a .wav
file] and asked me if I wanted to find it or forget it.

Other than that, nothing was out of the ordinary.

The type of CD media wouldn't be a factor, would it?
How about the size of the show file? It's got many .wav files and it's
a
biggie.

pinger


There is no difference between .pps and .ppt other than the way they
open
in
the full PowerPoint program The viewer can only show them in the
slideshow
mode regardless. Try this and see what happens. Rename the .pps file.
In
your Playlist.txt file make sure that it reads your.ppt filename. then
double click on your .bat file and see what happens.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


When I double click on pptview.exe, viewer opens and it shows ONLY my
.pps
file.
[ I have my presentation both in a .pps and a .ppt file. I'm quite
sure
that when I published, I published with the .ppt file open....but note
that
the list of files now shows a .pps file]

pinger

What happens when you double click on the pptview.exe file in your
folder?
Does the viewer start, and list the files in your folder?

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Hi Michael:

On my list of files I sent, the second one is intldate.dll. The batch
file
contains the string exactly as you have typed below.

When I click on the play.bat, the ppviewer screen flashes on for,
perhaps
a
second ,suggesting that PPViewer has started. Then goes off and
nothing
happens after that.

Thanks,
pinger




Files look good. I have an intldate.dll file that your not showing.
Which
I
don't think has anything to do with the operation of the viewer.

This is what should be in your play.bat file

@pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

What happens when you double click your play.bat file in your folder.



--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


John,Michael:

I did burn the files, not the folder.

These are in the folder:

AUTORUN.INF
INTLDATE.DLL
microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
MSVCR80.dll
OGL.DLL
play.bat
playlist.txt
PPTVIEW.EXE
pptview.exe.manifest
PPVWINTL.DLL
PVREADME.HTM
SAEXT.DLL
+ my .pps file

Can you see any obvious omissions??

pinger


"John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message
Try burning the CONTENTS of the folder to CD, NOT the folder itself.
--
john ATSIGN PPTAlchemy.co.uk

Free PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html
PPTLive Atlanta Oct 11-14 2009




:

Yes, I did use the Package for CD option....but did not copy to
Folder
Option at first. Based on your input here, though, I tried that.
I
no
longer get the "missing file" warning, but now when I insert the
CD,
rather
than the PPT presentation simply starting on auto-play, when I
insert
the
CD, I get a window that shows me "files currently on CD". I must
still
have
some setting incorrect. I did PUBLISH, PACKAGE FOR CD, ...package
type
Viewer Package PLAY ALL PRESENTATIONS AUTOMATICALLY IN THE
SPECIFIED
ORDER
including LINKED FILES and EMBEDDED TRUE TYPE FONTS then COPY TO
FOLDER.
Then I burned it to CD with the XP utility. Does Microsoft have a
program
called PowerPoint for Dummies? What I don't understand about your
reply
is
"burning to the ROOT directory." I simply burned it to a blank
cd-r
media....I did not pre-create any directory(ies).

pinger


When you created your presentation did you use the Package for CD
option?
When using that option you should always use the copy to Folder
Option,
then
burn the contents of the folder to the root directory of your CD.
This
method seems to give the best results for this task.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Greetings:

After burning a CD with a PPT2007 .ppt file, I am having an issue
while
testing it. I see a flash on my screen indicating that
PowerPoint
Viewer
has started, but then nothing happens.

When I click the shortcut for my cd drive to look at the content,
I
get
a
message: ! PowerPoint Viewer cannot find the file "playlist.txt".

I suspect that this is why it won't run (or at least the first
issue
encountered).

Can anyone help?

Thank you,
pinger

 

[Jim Varner]

Well...although we didn't settle on the specific problem, we ruled some
things out. Your idea to split it "dawned on" me earlier and if I can get
the second one to run fairly seamlessly....that would be fine with me. I'm
going to try it for sure. I'm not sure I know how to "like" them, but I'll
experiment. I would need to break it at the end of one sound file and where
a new one is going to begin.

At any rate....thank you for all your time and your willingness to help.
The MVP program is really great.

pinger

Doesn't seem like I was much help. The Autorun.inf file should not say
much
other than

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

If the whole presentation won't run, but when split in half both halves
autorun. why not split your presentation into two presentations and either
link from one to the other or have them as separate presentations in your
playlist.txt file.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Actually, the show was originally made in PP2003. It was enhanced in
PP2007. It was published in PP2007. I no longer have PP2003 on my
computer
(I had tried saving the one time, on one attempt to solve this, in the
PP2003 format [.ppt] to see if that made any difference, but with no joy).
The show runs perfectly on my computer. It runs perfectly off of a burned
CD using PPViewer2007. It just won't Autorun. As noted in my post of
yesterday, after slicing and dicing portions of the show....I can get the
first half to Autorun, and the second have to autorun. The whole show
will
not autorun. I did a small "test show" and it autoruns perfectly.
Theoretically, I could make a complete new show as you suggest....all in
PP2007....but I logged literally several hundred hours building it (it has
very complex graphics) and I'm not sure if I have that in me again :>).
The
common denominator, it seems, is autorun.inf, but I can't see that there
would be an issue with that file as it does work on the test show and the
"portions" of my big show.

Thank you for all your input. I really appreciate it.

pinger

I would create the initial presentation in 2007, then publish it in 2007
and
see if that works. From your earlier post you indicated that it was done
in
2003 and 2007 and published using 2003 which I don't believe will work.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

Would you please proffer your thoughts on the below series of events?
Based on everything done thus far I tried a couple of things: I was
wondering if, by chance, there was a problem with a single slide within
the
presentation that may be causing a problem. I made a "work copy" of my
presentation then removed the second half of the 209 slides, published
the
shorter version and clicked on the .bat file, the show RAN. By process
of
elimination, I kept slicing and dicing it up in different ways,
publishing
a
new bundle each time and seeing if it would run, trying to find a "rogue
slide."

Slides 1-129 worked fine when published; slides 131-209 worked fine when
published. My reaction was, "ah ha." But.........when I "hid" slide 130
and
published, it did NOT run. So I deleted, then recreated a new slide 130,
published and it still did not run. I removed the sound file on that
slide....it did not run.

Do you have any thoughts on this?

pinger

So, the bottom line is:

When in the created folder, you start the viewer and then click on the
presentation everything works as it should.

When in the created folder and you double click on the bat file it try's
to
run but does not.

Double clicking on the pptviewer.exe will start the viewer and offer you
a
screen with available files from within the same folder that you can
choose.
The file size does not seem to be overly large. should not be a problem.

What I would do, is start from scratch as it seems that the program is
trying to find something that is not there. I would, and you say that
all
the sound files are in the same folder as the presentation reinsert the
sound files WAV or MP3 should not make a difference other than the MP3
files
will be linked. Once inserted I would publish to CD using the Copy to
folder
Option and then try it before you burn the CD. Have a look her on how to
do
that
Test an AutoRun CD
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00209.htm




--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

I'm sorry if I was not clear.

When I double click on the on pptview.exe in the created folder, the
VIEWER
starts, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not run.

When I double click on play.bat in the created folder, the VIEWER
starts,
a
black DOS screen momentarily appears, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not
run.

When I double click on pptview.exe, right click on my .pps file, then
left
click on "show", the PowerPoint show DOES RUN perfectly
[recalling....the
original problem is that when the burned disc is inserted, the show does
not
start automatically as expected and desired].

When I mentioned CD media, I was referring to the blank media I used for
the
burn. So, no, I am not trying to play music selections off of a CD.
All
of
the associated sound files are resident in the same directory/folder
that
the original .ppt file was created in, as they were at the time of
insertion.

Now as for size of the .pps file; (are you sitting?) it is 438MB. The
reason it is so large is that all the sound files are .wavs. The show
file
had .mp3 files at first, but for some reason some would not play, so I
removed them all and inserted .wav files instead....which run perfectly.

I apologize that this thing has, by your grace, taken so much of your
time
and I do appreciate you efforts in getting me back onto the highway.
The
input and support by all the MVP's is invaluable.

pinger




I just don't understand You replied to my request that if you double
click
on the viewer in the created folder it starts. Yet if you click on the
bat
file that calls that same viewer it does not start. Have you tried
starting
the viewer and then opening your presentation from the viewer?

You mention CD media. Are you also trying to play selections from a CD?
If
that is the case then it probably won't work as you have to have the CD
in
the drive when you play your presentation. The size of the presentation
should not matter. BTW, how big is it?

If your not using CD music, I suggest you put all your sound files into
the
same folder as your presentation, reinsert them, and then publish your
presentation to CD using the copy to folder option and then try playing
it
again


--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael: Thank you for sticking this out with me.

As you suggested below, I renamed the file on my computer in the folder
created for burning and edited playlist.txt to match the new name.
When
double clicking on the .bat file the same thing occurs as before....the
viewer appears to be opening, I see a partial screen empty DOS page for
a
moment...but nothing happens after that.

The only anomaly that occurred when I was publishing to the file is the
program said it could not locate a specific .mp3 file that had been
associated with the show earlier [but had since been replaced by a .wav
file] and asked me if I wanted to find it or forget it.

Other than that, nothing was out of the ordinary.

The type of CD media wouldn't be a factor, would it?
How about the size of the show file? It's got many .wav files and it's
a
biggie.

pinger


There is no difference between .pps and .ppt other than the way they
open
in
the full PowerPoint program The viewer can only show them in the
slideshow
mode regardless. Try this and see what happens. Rename the .pps file.
In
your Playlist.txt file make sure that it reads your.ppt filename. then
double click on your .bat file and see what happens.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


When I double click on pptview.exe, viewer opens and it shows ONLY my
.pps
file.
[ I have my presentation both in a .pps and a .ppt file. I'm quite
sure
that when I published, I published with the .ppt file open....but note
that
the list of files now shows a .pps file]

pinger

What happens when you double click on the pptview.exe file in your
folder?
Does the viewer start, and list the files in your folder?

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Hi Michael:

On my list of files I sent, the second one is intldate.dll. The
batch
file
contains the string exactly as you have typed below.

When I click on the play.bat, the ppviewer screen flashes on for,
perhaps
a
second ,suggesting that PPViewer has started. Then goes off and
nothing
happens after that.

Thanks,
pinger




Files look good. I have an intldate.dll file that your not showing.
Which
I
don't think has anything to do with the operation of the viewer.

This is what should be in your play.bat file

@pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

What happens when you double click your play.bat file in your
folder.



--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


John,Michael:

I did burn the files, not the folder.

These are in the folder:

AUTORUN.INF
INTLDATE.DLL
microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
MSVCR80.dll
OGL.DLL
play.bat
playlist.txt
PPTVIEW.EXE
pptview.exe.manifest
PPVWINTL.DLL
PVREADME.HTM
SAEXT.DLL
+ my .pps file

Can you see any obvious omissions??

pinger


"John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message
Try burning the CONTENTS of the folder to CD, NOT the folder
itself.
--
john ATSIGN PPTAlchemy.co.uk

Free PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html
PPTLive Atlanta Oct 11-14 2009




:

Yes, I did use the Package for CD option....but did not copy to
Folder
Option at first. Based on your input here, though, I tried that.
I
no
longer get the "missing file" warning, but now when I insert the
CD,
rather
than the PPT presentation simply starting on auto-play, when I
insert
the
CD, I get a window that shows me "files currently on CD". I must
still
have
some setting incorrect. I did PUBLISH, PACKAGE FOR CD, ...package
type
Viewer Package PLAY ALL PRESENTATIONS AUTOMATICALLY IN THE
SPECIFIED
ORDER
including LINKED FILES and EMBEDDED TRUE TYPE FONTS then COPY TO
FOLDER.
Then I burned it to CD with the XP utility. Does Microsoft have a
program
called PowerPoint for Dummies? What I don't understand about your
reply
is
"burning to the ROOT directory." I simply burned it to a blank
cd-r
media....I did not pre-create any directory(ies).

pinger


When you created your presentation did you use the Package for
CD
option?
When using that option you should always use the copy to Folder
Option,
then
burn the contents of the folder to the root directory of your
CD.
This
method seems to give the best results for this task.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Greetings:

After burning a CD with a PPT2007 .ppt file, I am having an
issue
while
testing it. I see a flash on my screen indicating that
PowerPoint
Viewer
has started, but then nothing happens.

When I click the shortcut for my cd drive to look at the
content,
I
get
a
message: ! PowerPoint Viewer cannot find the file
"playlist.txt".

I suspect that this is why it won't run (or at least the first
issue
encountered).

Can anyone help?

Thank you,
pinger

 

[Michael Koerner]

Here is a tutorial on linking which should help
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm. Let us know how
you make out.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Well...although we didn't settle on the specific problem, we ruled some
things out. Your idea to split it "dawned on" me earlier and if I can get
the second one to run fairly seamlessly....that would be fine with me. I'm
going to try it for sure. I'm not sure I know how to "like" them, but I'll
experiment. I would need to break it at the end of one sound file and where
a new one is going to begin.

At any rate....thank you for all your time and your willingness to help.
The MVP program is really great.

pinger

Doesn't seem like I was much help. The Autorun.inf file should not say
much
other than

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

If the whole presentation won't run, but when split in half both halves
autorun. why not split your presentation into two presentations and either
link from one to the other or have them as separate presentations in your
playlist.txt file.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Actually, the show was originally made in PP2003. It was enhanced in
PP2007. It was published in PP2007. I no longer have PP2003 on my
computer
(I had tried saving the one time, on one attempt to solve this, in the
PP2003 format [.ppt] to see if that made any difference, but with no joy).
The show runs perfectly on my computer. It runs perfectly off of a burned
CD using PPViewer2007. It just won't Autorun. As noted in my post of
yesterday, after slicing and dicing portions of the show....I can get the
first half to Autorun, and the second have to autorun. The whole show
will
not autorun. I did a small "test show" and it autoruns perfectly.
Theoretically, I could make a complete new show as you suggest....all in
PP2007....but I logged literally several hundred hours building it (it has
very complex graphics) and I'm not sure if I have that in me again :>).
The
common denominator, it seems, is autorun.inf, but I can't see that there
would be an issue with that file as it does work on the test show and the
"portions" of my big show.

Thank you for all your input. I really appreciate it.

pinger

I would create the initial presentation in 2007, then publish it in 2007
and
see if that works. From your earlier post you indicated that it was done
in
2003 and 2007 and published using 2003 which I don't believe will work.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

Would you please proffer your thoughts on the below series of events?
Based on everything done thus far I tried a couple of things: I was
wondering if, by chance, there was a problem with a single slide within
the
presentation that may be causing a problem. I made a "work copy" of my
presentation then removed the second half of the 209 slides, published
the
shorter version and clicked on the .bat file, the show RAN. By process
of
elimination, I kept slicing and dicing it up in different ways,
publishing
a
new bundle each time and seeing if it would run, trying to find a "rogue
slide."

Slides 1-129 worked fine when published; slides 131-209 worked fine when
published. My reaction was, "ah ha." But.........when I "hid" slide 130
and
published, it did NOT run. So I deleted, then recreated a new slide 130,
published and it still did not run. I removed the sound file on that
slide....it did not run.

Do you have any thoughts on this?

pinger

So, the bottom line is:

When in the created folder, you start the viewer and then click on the
presentation everything works as it should.

When in the created folder and you double click on the bat file it try's
to
run but does not.

Double clicking on the pptviewer.exe will start the viewer and offer you
a
screen with available files from within the same folder that you can
choose.
The file size does not seem to be overly large. should not be a problem.

What I would do, is start from scratch as it seems that the program is
trying to find something that is not there. I would, and you say that
all
the sound files are in the same folder as the presentation reinsert the
sound files WAV or MP3 should not make a difference other than the MP3
files
will be linked. Once inserted I would publish to CD using the Copy to
folder
Option and then try it before you burn the CD. Have a look her on how to
do
that
Test an AutoRun CD
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00209.htm




--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael:

I'm sorry if I was not clear.

When I double click on the on pptview.exe in the created folder, the
VIEWER
starts, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not run.

When I double click on play.bat in the created folder, the VIEWER
starts,
a
black DOS screen momentarily appears, but the PowerPoint SHOW does not
run.

When I double click on pptview.exe, right click on my .pps file, then
left
click on "show", the PowerPoint show DOES RUN perfectly
[recalling....the
original problem is that when the burned disc is inserted, the show does
not
start automatically as expected and desired].

When I mentioned CD media, I was referring to the blank media I used for
the
burn. So, no, I am not trying to play music selections off of a CD.
All
of
the associated sound files are resident in the same directory/folder
that
the original .ppt file was created in, as they were at the time of
insertion.

Now as for size of the .pps file; (are you sitting?) it is 438MB. The
reason it is so large is that all the sound files are .wavs. The show
file
had .mp3 files at first, but for some reason some would not play, so I
removed them all and inserted .wav files instead....which run perfectly.

I apologize that this thing has, by your grace, taken so much of your
time
and I do appreciate you efforts in getting me back onto the highway.
The
input and support by all the MVP's is invaluable.

pinger




I just don't understand You replied to my request that if you double
click
on the viewer in the created folder it starts. Yet if you click on the
bat
file that calls that same viewer it does not start. Have you tried
starting
the viewer and then opening your presentation from the viewer?

You mention CD media. Are you also trying to play selections from a CD?
If
that is the case then it probably won't work as you have to have the CD
in
the drive when you play your presentation. The size of the presentation
should not matter. BTW, how big is it?

If your not using CD music, I suggest you put all your sound files into
the
same folder as your presentation, reinsert them, and then publish your
presentation to CD using the copy to folder option and then try playing
it
again


--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Michael: Thank you for sticking this out with me.

As you suggested below, I renamed the file on my computer in the folder
created for burning and edited playlist.txt to match the new name.
When
double clicking on the .bat file the same thing occurs as before....the
viewer appears to be opening, I see a partial screen empty DOS page for
a
moment...but nothing happens after that.

The only anomaly that occurred when I was publishing to the file is the
program said it could not locate a specific .mp3 file that had been
associated with the show earlier [but had since been replaced by a .wav
file] and asked me if I wanted to find it or forget it.

Other than that, nothing was out of the ordinary.

The type of CD media wouldn't be a factor, would it?
How about the size of the show file? It's got many .wav files and it's
a
biggie.

pinger


There is no difference between .pps and .ppt other than the way they
open
in
the full PowerPoint program The viewer can only show them in the
slideshow
mode regardless. Try this and see what happens. Rename the .pps file.
In
your Playlist.txt file make sure that it reads your.ppt filename. then
double click on your .bat file and see what happens.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


When I double click on pptview.exe, viewer opens and it shows ONLY my
.pps
file.
[ I have my presentation both in a .pps and a .ppt file. I'm quite
sure
that when I published, I published with the .ppt file open....but note
that
the list of files now shows a .pps file]

pinger

What happens when you double click on the pptview.exe file in your
folder?
Does the viewer start, and list the files in your folder?

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Hi Michael:

On my list of files I sent, the second one is intldate.dll. The
batch
file
contains the string exactly as you have typed below.

When I click on the play.bat, the ppviewer screen flashes on for,
perhaps
a
second ,suggesting that PPViewer has started. Then goes off and
nothing
happens after that.

Thanks,
pinger




Files look good. I have an intldate.dll file that your not showing.
Which
I
don't think has anything to do with the operation of the viewer.

This is what should be in your play.bat file

@pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

What happens when you double click your play.bat file in your
folder.



--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


John,Michael:

I did burn the files, not the folder.

These are in the folder:

AUTORUN.INF
INTLDATE.DLL
microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest
msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
MSVCR80.dll
OGL.DLL
play.bat
playlist.txt
PPTVIEW.EXE
pptview.exe.manifest
PPVWINTL.DLL
PVREADME.HTM
SAEXT.DLL
+ my .pps file

Can you see any obvious omissions??

pinger


"John Wilson" <john AT technologytrish.co DOT uk> wrote in message
Try burning the CONTENTS of the folder to CD, NOT the folder
itself.
--
john ATSIGN PPTAlchemy.co.uk

Free PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html
PPTLive Atlanta Oct 11-14 2009




:

Yes, I did use the Package for CD option....but did not copy to
Folder
Option at first. Based on your input here, though, I tried that.
I
no
longer get the "missing file" warning, but now when I insert the
CD,
rather
than the PPT presentation simply starting on auto-play, when I
insert
the
CD, I get a window that shows me "files currently on CD". I must
still
have
some setting incorrect. I did PUBLISH, PACKAGE FOR CD, ...package
type
Viewer Package PLAY ALL PRESENTATIONS AUTOMATICALLY IN THE
SPECIFIED
ORDER
including LINKED FILES and EMBEDDED TRUE TYPE FONTS then COPY TO
FOLDER.
Then I burned it to CD with the XP utility. Does Microsoft have a
program
called PowerPoint for Dummies? What I don't understand about your
reply
is
"burning to the ROOT directory." I simply burned it to a blank
cd-r
media....I did not pre-create any directory(ies).

pinger


When you created your presentation did you use the Package for
CD
option?
When using that option you should always use the copy to Folder
Option,
then
burn the contents of the folder to the root directory of your
CD.
This
method seems to give the best results for this task.

--
Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Greetings:

After burning a CD with a PPT2007 .ppt file, I am having an
issue
while
testing it. I see a flash on my screen indicating that
PowerPoint
Viewer
has started, but then nothing happens.

When I click the shortcut for my cd drive to look at the
content,
I
get
a
message: ! PowerPoint Viewer cannot find the file
"playlist.txt".

I suspect that this is why it won't run (or at least the first
issue
encountered).

Can anyone help?

Thank you,
pinger