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blair_one9
USA
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 Posted - 23/06/2008 : 20:40:29
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I have followed Micrsoft's KB article on how to use playlists for all versions of their ppt viewers.
What I am trying to do is use 2k3/2k7 viewer with playlists, and reference another playlist from the first. This is described in the article but it does not actually work.
"PowerPoint Viewer cannot open the file "playlist2.txt" because the file is not a PowerPoint file."
I know in the article MS says to have the file extension as .lst for 2k3 and .txt for 2k7, but I get the same error for both viewers no matter which file extension that I use.
On a side note, it also tries to process the comment marks, or ; in the playlist file.
Has anyone had this issue, and has anyone figured out how to get this to work?
My goal is to start with Playlist1.txt-->reference Playlist2-->reference Playlist3.txt--->reference Playlist1.txt.
There's my looping presentation. This is much easier than the hyperlink work around, as the HR department will be changing the presentations, not IT.
I'm looking forward to posts. |
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Charles
USA
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blair_one9
USA
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Posted - 26/06/2008 : 02:14:43
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Charles,
-I did read those, but they do not mention anything about getting the described playlist feature to work other than trying PowerViewer, which I do not remember from my first reading. I will have to try that.
-I am not interested in the hyperlink feature for this particular system that I am putting together.
-Thanks anyway. |
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Charles
USA
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Posted - 27/06/2008 : 17:19:14
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Hi again Blair,
there's no problem with Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 or 2007 referencing, loading, and playing another playlist from within a playlist.
An example of a PowerPoint Viewer playlist can be seen as
; This is the beginning of the playlist file.
; The part of a line in a playlist file that appears after a semicolon is
; treated as a comment. Comment lines are not required.
;
FILE1.PPT
file2.ppt ; File names can be in uppercase or lowercase letters.
D:\FILE3.PPT ; Entries in a playlist file must contain full paths when
; the entries are located in a folder other than the folder
; in which the viewer executable file (Pptview.exe)
D:\LIST2.lst ; is located. One playlist file can reference another playlist file.
;
; This is the end of the playlist file.
I have myself created a test playlist that references another playlist and it worked without any trouble. So I am assuming that you are not creating an absolute path to the file.
In my test there was also no processing of the comment ;
So I'm not sure what exactly is going on with your installation there blair. Seems something is very strange.
Would you care to provide more information about your files, their location, and your presentation?
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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blair_one9
USA
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Posted - 30/06/2008 : 17:35:39
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I have the 2k7 viewer installed.
I have the powerpoint files, playlists and batch files at c:\test on my laptop.
Playlist1.txt
; comments
c:\test\DidYouKnow-July04 password expiration.ppt
c:\test\Playlist2.txt
Playlist2.txt
c:\Training\DidYouKnow-June04 Spam Filtering.ppt
C:\test\playlist3.txt
Playlist3.txt
c:\test\DidYouKnow-June06 Spam Filtering.ppt
c:\playlist1.txt
Again, it tries to process the ; meant for comments, and then it bombs when it gets to the reference for playlist2.txt.
let me know if you see anything out of the ordinary.
I have tried this technique on three difference machines now, all with the same results.
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Charles
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 12:48:49
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Blair how are you running your playlist for PowerPoint Viewer 2007? From a batch file or from the command line?
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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blair_one9
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 15:26:50
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Batch File
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\pptview.exe" /L c:\test\PlayList1.txt |
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PowerPoint Viewer Playlist Issues
