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    basementman
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    After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

    onwards and upwards...

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      After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

      onwards and upwards...

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      Christian Graus
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      PDF seems to be the standard thing people want to work with, might you find some libraries that go in both directions with regard to PDF files, and use those as an intermediate step ?

      Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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        PDF seems to be the standard thing people want to work with, might you find some libraries that go in both directions with regard to PDF files, and use those as an intermediate step ?

        Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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        basementman
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        Yes, however, I need the animations/builds to display on command.

        onwards and upwards...

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          Yes, however, I need the animations/builds to display on command.

          onwards and upwards...

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          Christian Graus
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          Yeah, I thought of that after posting. Sounds messy.

          Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.

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          • B basementman

            After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

            onwards and upwards...

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            Nish Nishant
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            If you export the PPT to PPS, I believe there's a free viewer for PPS that people can download and use.

            Regards, Nish


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              If you export the PPT to PPS, I believe there's a free viewer for PPS that people can download and use.

              Regards, Nish


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              basementman
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              I am trying to extract individual SWFs to pump out to a web audience on command in a webcast. Additionally, I am trying to pumping out control messages to advance the next animation on each slide. So, client-side viewers are not an option. Currently, we extract pngs of the slides and generate web pages to reference them, but they are not scalable, nor interactive with builds and animations.

              onwards and upwards...

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                After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

                onwards and upwards...

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                J Dunlap
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                No idea... I should write something along those lines sometime though... shouldn't be *too* hard at least if you support only .pptx files. There's a set number of animations available in PPT, the layout is pretty simple on the whole, and the Office XML formats are easier to work with than Office docs ever have been in the past.

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                  I am trying to extract individual SWFs to pump out to a web audience on command in a webcast. Additionally, I am trying to pumping out control messages to advance the next animation on each slide. So, client-side viewers are not an option. Currently, we extract pngs of the slides and generate web pages to reference them, but they are not scalable, nor interactive with builds and animations.

                  onwards and upwards...

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  Hmmm okay, PPS won't do there. While not as good as an SWF, you might also want to consider an AVI (there are some PPT to AVI converters available). It'll be hard to fine tune user interaction, but at the least they can still drag a timeline to move back and forth (over the video). And an AVI will play in a browser too (via embedded player controls).

                  Regards, Nish


                  Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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                    I am trying to extract individual SWFs to pump out to a web audience on command in a webcast. Additionally, I am trying to pumping out control messages to advance the next animation on each slide. So, client-side viewers are not an option. Currently, we extract pngs of the slides and generate web pages to reference them, but they are not scalable, nor interactive with builds and animations.

                    onwards and upwards...

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                    Nish Nishant
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                    Another option is to convert PPT to SilverLight : http://www.codeplex.com/pptx2silverlight[^] Not sure how stable that app is, but it does give you slide navigation support (or so that web page claims anyway).

                    Regards, Nish


                    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                    My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                      No idea... I should write something along those lines sometime though... shouldn't be *too* hard at least if you support only .pptx files. There's a set number of animations available in PPT, the layout is pretty simple on the whole, and the Office XML formats are easier to work with than Office docs ever have been in the past.

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                      basementman
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                      If you do, I'd be happy to beta it!

                      onwards and upwards...

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                        After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

                        onwards and upwards...

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                        Xmen Real
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                        The following code isn't what you need but it may help if you create your own SWF by reading PPT. I have also no idea that this can be happen. Just trying to help ;) http://www.fileguru.com/SWF-Scout/info[^]

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                          Another option is to convert PPT to SilverLight : http://www.codeplex.com/pptx2silverlight[^] Not sure how stable that app is, but it does give you slide navigation support (or so that web page claims anyway).

                          Regards, Nish


                          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                          My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                          Abhinav S
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                          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                          PPT to SilverLight

                          This one sounds cool.

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                          • B basementman

                            After googling for a couple of hours for some code samples, there seems to be no suitable libraries available for generating SWF files from PPT. Yes, there are many free and nearly free desktop tools around, but I need precise control over the output, running on the server-side, in a multi-threaded environment, without relying on PPT being installed. None of these tools provide this. Anyone know of some code libraries out there that do this and are callable from C++?

                            onwards and upwards...

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                            benjymous
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                            I'm pretty sure the Open Office presentation tool can export to swf, so if you were desperate you could hack into its code and see if any of it's extractable (or even just run a modified version of it on your server)

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                              The following code isn't what you need but it may help if you create your own SWF by reading PPT. I have also no idea that this can be happen. Just trying to help ;) http://www.fileguru.com/SWF-Scout/info[^]

                              TVMU^P[[IGIOQHG^JSH`A#@`RFJ\c^JPL>;"[,*/|+&WLEZGc`AFXc!L %^]*IRXD#@GKCQ`R\^SF_WcHbORY87֦ʻ6ϣN8ȤBcRAV\Z^&SU~%CSWQ@#2 W_AD`EPABIKRDFVS)EVLQK)JKQUFK[M`UKs*$GwU#QDXBER@CBN% R0~53%eYrd8mt^7Z6]iTF+(EWfJ9zaK-i’TV.C\y<pŠjxsg-b$f4ia>

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                              basementman
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                              Thanks! I'll look into that!

                              onwards and upwards...

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                                Another option is to convert PPT to SilverLight : http://www.codeplex.com/pptx2silverlight[^] Not sure how stable that app is, but it does give you slide navigation support (or so that web page claims anyway).

                                Regards, Nish


                                Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

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                                basementman
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                                Interesting... Thanks!

                                onwards and upwards...

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