PPT to SWF?
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Yes, however, I need the animations/builds to display on command.
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Yeah, I thought of that after posting. Sounds messy.
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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++?
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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.
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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.
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkI 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.
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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...
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...
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).
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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.
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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
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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.
If you do, I'd be happy to beta it!
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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++?
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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
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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++?
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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*$GwU#QDXBER@CBN% R0~53%eYrd8mt^7Z6]iTF+(EWfJ9zaK-iTV.C\y<pjxsg-b$f4ia>
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Thanks! I'll look into that!
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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 linkInteresting... Thanks!
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