Re: Launching video players from PPT 2003

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From: CK (Chris.Kaley_at_Jerrymander.co.uk)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:40:33 -0000

Well, that's a bummer!

Thanks for the workaround, Sonia - I'll try that when I get back to work on
Monday.

Chris
"Sonia" <scds@nowherebuthere.com> wrote in message
news:uCj%23FfuBFHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> You are correct, Chris. The new Viewer won't let you use Action Settings
> > Run Program.
>
> The way that I've worked around it is to create a BAT file that uses
> launch.exe
> (http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/autorun_launch.htm) to
> open the "other program". We then link to the BAT file via Action
> Settings > Hyperlink to > Other file. The Bat file is just two lines and
> varies depending on the program needed to run. An example of a Bat file
> that runs the Word Viewer to open a Word file looks like:
>
> @ECHO OFF
> launch.exe open word\wordview.exe "word\Distribution.doc"
>
> Note: In the above instance my CD contains a folder called \word which
> contains the program files needed to run the Word viewer and it contains
> the doc file(s). I put launch.exe and the BAT file(s) in the root
> directory along with the presentation and its files.
>
> I have not tried this with the Camtasia player but it sounds like you've
> already cracked that part and know the command line parameters, etc.
> --
>
> Sonia Coleman
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> http://www.soniacoleman.com
>
>
> "CK" <Chris.Kaley@Jerrymander.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:41fcf8f1$1_2@alt.athenanews.com...
>> Thanks, Echo - I'm familiar with the security message and have had to
>> live with it. The problem I'm experiencing is Powerpoint 2003 viewer
>> producing a message similar to "Launching this programme is not supported
>> by this viewer" (or words to that effect).
>>
>> This is evident on machines that don't have any kind of Office
>> installation, just the viewer.
>>
>> The Powerpoint 97 viewer opened the applications OK, but not the
>> Powerpoint 2003 viewer.
>>
>> I've trawled around the various relevant Microsoft web pages, and it
>> would seem that the latest viewer doesn't support the launching of 3rd
>> party appliactions.
>>
>> I could hardly believe it, which is why I'm looking for some confirmation
>> here.
>>
>> Chris
>> "Echo S" <echos@indyughspam.net> wrote in message
>> news:uMgSXxtBFHA.2428@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> You can launch video players from the 2003 Viewer, but you'll get a
>>> "this
>>> file could contain viruses" warning message. There's really no way
>>> around
>>> that except a registry hack, which would need to be done on each show
>>> computer. If you're distrubuting the presentations, it may not be a
>>> viable
>>> workaround.
>>>
>>> Chirag has created a little utility that will make the registry hack for
>>> you -- instead of having to manually go in and change, like, 17 keys.
>>> http://officeone.mvps.org/download/hyperlink_warning.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
>>> http://www.echosvoice.com
>>>
>>> "CK" <Chris.Kaley@Jerrymander.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:41fcf003$1_3@alt.athenanews.com...
>>>> For some years now, I have been producing Powerpoint presentations with
>>>> Office 2000 which contain slides with buttons which launch AVI videos
>>> played
>>>> with the Techsmith Camtasia player (CamPlay.exe). These include
>>>> presentations designed by others.
>>>>
>>>> I produce most of these presentations on CD (with the Powerpoint 97
>>>> viewer
>>>> files, videos, and autostart file included). That combination has
>>>> always
>>>> worked successfully.
>>>>
>>>> I am under some pressure to include facilities to use the Powerpoint
>>>> 2003
>>>> viewer instead, (as contributors are now beginning to use Office 2003,
>>>> and
>>>> want to use "whizzy" animations in their presentations!) but I
>>>> understand
>>>> that third party programmes (presumably including CamPlay.exe) cannot
>>>> be
>>>> launched from within the Powerpoint 2003 viewer.
>>>>
>>>> Is this true? If so, it's a bit of a blow to my operation - is there a
>>> work
>>>> around (other than retaining the old viewer and not being able to run
>>>> the
>>>> later animations)?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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