Discussion:
links and activex in PPS
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GadyC
2010-01-17 17:05:01 UTC
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Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.

In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.

what should i do?

Thanks in advance,
Steve Rindsberg
2010-01-18 04:35:24 UTC
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Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.

Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
GadyC
2010-01-18 07:27:01 UTC
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Hi Steve,
you are right about the message.
In PP full version everything works fine. The links get off in PPS or in
PTView.
All the links are to slides in the presentation.
The videos are in a sub directory, the relative path&filename are set in wmp
control properties.
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.
Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
.
Steve Rindsberg
2010-01-18 16:12:36 UTC
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Post by GadyC
you are right about the message.
In PP full version everything works fine. The links get off in PPS or in
PTView.
Whether PPS or PPT shouldn't matter; there's no difference between a PPT and a PPS
other than the .PPT or .PPS at the end of the filename. Windows treats them
differently when it launches them ... that's why they act differently.

Are you certain you're opening the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint and not in the
viewer? Start PowerPoint, use File, Open to open the PPS. See if it works ok then.
Post by GadyC
All the links are to slides in the presentation.
The videos are in a sub directory, the relative path&filename are set in wmp
control properties.
Then all of the links DON'T point to slides in the presentation. Videos are always
linked too. And you mentioned PDF files also.

But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.

So I'm a bit confused about what's going on here.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.
Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
.
GadyC
2010-01-19 08:21:01 UTC
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Well i was not aware to that.

The PPSX runs well in full PP but not in the viewer.
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
you are right about the message.
In PP full version everything works fine. The links get off in PPS or in
PTView.
Whether PPS or PPT shouldn't matter; there's no difference between a PPT and a PPS
other than the .PPT or .PPS at the end of the filename. Windows treats them
differently when it launches them ... that's why they act differently.
Are you certain you're opening the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint and not in the
viewer? Start PowerPoint, use File, Open to open the PPS. See if it works ok then.
Post by GadyC
All the links are to slides in the presentation.
The videos are in a sub directory, the relative path&filename are set in wmp
control properties.
Then all of the links DON'T point to slides in the presentation. Videos are always
linked too. And you mentioned PDF files also.
But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.
So I'm a bit confused about what's going on here.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.
Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
.
.
Steve Rindsberg
2010-01-19 21:14:29 UTC
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Post by GadyC
The PPSX runs well in full PP but not in the viewer.
OK, that makes sense then.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.
Post by GadyC
you are right about the message.
In PP full version everything works fine. The links get off in PPS or in
PTView.
Whether PPS or PPT shouldn't matter; there's no difference between a PPT and a PPS
other than the .PPT or .PPS at the end of the filename. Windows treats them
differently when it launches them ... that's why they act differently.
Are you certain you're opening the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint and not in the
viewer? Start PowerPoint, use File, Open to open the PPS. See if it works ok then.
Post by GadyC
All the links are to slides in the presentation.
The videos are in a sub directory, the relative path&filename are set in wmp
control properties.
Then all of the links DON'T point to slides in the presentation. Videos are always
linked too. And you mentioned PDF files also.
But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.
So I'm a bit confused about what's going on here.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.
Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
.
.
n***@gmail.com
2013-09-28 18:02:01 UTC
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Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
The PPSX runs well in full PP but not in the viewer.
OK, that makes sense then.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.
Post by GadyC
you are right about the message.
In PP full version everything works fine. The links get off in PPS or in
PTView.
Whether PPS or PPT shouldn't matter; there's no difference between a PPT and a PPS
other than the .PPT or .PPS at the end of the filename. Windows treats them
differently when it launches them ... that's why they act differently.
Are you certain you're opening the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint and not in the
viewer? Start PowerPoint, use File, Open to open the PPS. See if it works ok then.
Post by GadyC
All the links are to slides in the presentation.
The videos are in a sub directory, the relative path&filename are set in wmp
control properties.
Then all of the links DON'T point to slides in the presentation. Videos are always
linked too. And you mentioned PDF files also.
But after using Package for CD, the videos should be in the same folder as the PPT
and other linked files, not in subdirectories.
So I'm a bit confused about what's going on here.
Post by GadyC
Post by Steve Rindsberg
Post by GadyC
Hi Alls,
I created a PP presentation (2007) with 3 chapters, a menu slide to jump to
chapters 1st slides, each chapter start with a menu slide to jump to its
slides, and each slide has navigation buttons for next/back and chapter home.
One chapter contains videos clips display on WMP activeX controls. another
displays PDF texts in popup Acrobat Reader windows.
In PP environment all work fine.
When saving to PPS or "Package for CD", i get warnings about links and
activeX.
running the PPS, the WMP and hyperlinks to slides disappear. links dont even
change cursor to the hand.
what should i do?
The warnings are telling you that links (some, at least) and ActiveX aren't
supported by the viewer, I'd expect.
Are you running the PPS in a full copy of PowerPoint or in the viewer?
.
.
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