Brian, I have verified that AEV 4 does have an issue with Project Point
2000. Unfortunately I don't have a workaround for you short of upgrading to
the next or latest release of Project Point. I will let our development
staff know there is a problem.
"Brian Harder" wrote in message
news:324F21C69605D87DEA54A452A6FCBF9B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I can't do it EXACTLY as you outlined. I used the More Controls toolbar
> though. No joy. Using a single sheet dwf, not even the viewer frame
shows
> up. Just a blank slide. However, when you switch from slide to slide,
you
> can briefly see the control placeholder blue globe image flash.
>
> -Brian Harder
>
> "John Schmier (Autodesk)" wrote in
> message news:0C555FB0C5148C8E210B20F20606B923@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > I don't have WinXP-Home with PowerPoint 2000 readily available here, so
> > could you try a few things.
> >
> > 1) try the exact steps I outlined below.
> > 2) when pointing to a DWF, point to a single sheet DWF.
> >
> > Let me know if you have problems with this, if not, then in the same
> > PowerPoint document, point to the multi-sheet DWF and re-run.
> >
> > "Brian Harder" wrote in message
> > news:A55113F885C91E36F5ECD658AB03DDBD@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > PowerPoint 2000 sp3 on both Windows2000 and WindowsXP-Home. I did
> > basically
> > > the same thing you did except only one slide and I used the Control
> > Toolbox
> > > toolbar-More Controls button to add the AV control as explained
earlier
> in
> > > this thread. I embedded the dwf file. When "playing" the pps file, the
> > > viewer shows up, but the content is missing. Along the top it
indicates
> 0
> > > of 0. The dwf actually contains 20 pages. The original ppt file only
> > > messed up on the WindowsXP box though, not the Windows2000 box. Is
> > > PowerPoint2002 what you get with OfficeXP?
> > >
> > > -Brian Harder
> > >
> > > "John Schmier (Autodesk)" wrote
> in
> > > message news:D96509EC9EAB0327493E6E2B03C6862B@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Brian,
> > > >
> > > > I just tried this out and it seems to work fine. I used Power Point
> > 2002
> > > > with SP2 on Windows XP Pro. Could you tell me what Version of Power
> > Point
> > > > you are using and the exact steps as if you were creating this
> > > presentation
> > > > from scratch?
> > > >
> > > > Example (this is actually what I did):
> > > > Open Project Point and add 3 slides
> > > > Added text to sheet 1 and 3
> > > > Saved the Project as a PPT and PPS
> > > > Closed Power Point and ran the PPS
> > > > Reopened the PPT
> > > > Selected the 2nd slide, added the Autodesk Express Viewer object
from
> > the
> > > > insert menu --> Object
> > > > Located the AEV object where I wanted it on the sheet (note the
entire
> > > > object is on the sheet).
> > > > Right mouse clicked on the AEV object, selected Autodesk Express
> Viewer
> > > > Object --> Properties
> > > > Browsed to the DWF to display.
> > > > Selected OK to this dialog box.
> > > > Ran the project, viewed all slides
> > > > Saved the project as a PPT and PPS
> > > > Closed Power Point
> > > > Ran the PPS, no problems.
> > > >
> > > > "Brian Harder" wrote in message
> > > > news:D1DE7FC5A8D48EAECCBBA6F3B830CE4E@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > This thread's been dormant for a couple weeks, but I thought I'd
> > mention
> > > > one other issue I found with the express viewer control in PP. If
you
> > > > saveas a pps file (PowerPoint Show), the control doesn't work. In
> fact,
> > > it
> > > > even hoses the control in the original ppt file. Very strange.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Brian Harder
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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