Re: PowerPoint not linking properly to files

Monitoring the file accesses does show temporary files being created (also
some media files in temporary internet folder!).

I don't seem able to find a way of forcing PowerPoint to go back to the link
specified in the inserted object. If I knew what actually happened when the
"update links" option was offered, I may be able to go further.

A slightly more messy but efficient and effective way of achieving the
requirements is to ditch the 'calling' PowerPoint and do it from a batch
file. Lines of ":label if exist path>filename path>powerpnt.exe /s
path>filename" and a "goto label" at the end work well except that there's a
flash of the cmd window between slide shows.

The process to udate the files is now to update each file locally and, when
ready, delete the network file and copy over the updated file. If the file
isn't there when the batch file tries to run it, it just moves on to the next
one in the loop.

Obviously, removing the blank black slide at the end of the presentations is
necessary so that it doesn't sit waiting for esc.

Thanks for all your help, I've been instructed to live with the solution
found and not spend any more time!!

Thanks again, Simon

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

I just ran across this KB article and wondered if it might have something to do
with the problem you're encoutering:

An Office program is slow or may appear to stop responding (hang) when you open a
file from a network location

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833041?

The article explains how you can enable a form of cacheing w/o explaining what it
does (other than helping to solve the "slow open across network" problem). But if
it's causing PPT to cache previously opened files, it might have the side effect
you're seeing. Worth a quick look anyhow ...


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