Re: Shockwave/Flash problem

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In article <ezQhPxYSHHA.5016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Austin Myers wrote:
JV,

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.

So as a workaround, people could host the flash_thing in an html page and
display that in PPT with Shyam's LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org)?




Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

"JV" <JV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have suddenly lost the ability to insert Shockwave or Flash content into
my
PowerPoint presentations. This problem began after our computers were
upgraded to Flash 9 and Shockwave 10 and may also be connected with a
problem
I had with a corrupted presentation containing Flash content.

When I open a presentation with an embedded SWF or DCR, I get "Some
controls
on this presentation can't be activated. They might not be registered on
this
computer." If I try to add new content, SWFs added as a "Shockwave Flash
Object" appear to work (no error messages) but don't play. Attempting to
insert a "Shockwave ActiveX Control" gives the message "Object library
invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be
found."

I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Flash and Shockwave and verified
that they work in both Firefox and IE. PowerPoint, however, doesn't seem
to
be getting the message.

Any suggestions?


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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