shell a .PPS file

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how I can shell a PowerPoint pps file?

I am trying to run the pps from within AutoCAD.

Thanks in advance for your help

[Anonymous]

If you can guarantee the path of PowerPoint you can use the Shell function, but probably a more robust solution would be to use the Windows API function ShellExecute. This will open the specified file in its associated application (ie like double-clicking the pps file in Windows Explorer). That way it doesn't matter if PowerPoint is a different version or at different paths on different machines.



See Microsoft Knowledgebase Article Q148632 for more information and an example.



Regards



Wayne Ivory

IT Analyst Programmer

Wespine Industries Pty Ltd

[Anonymous]

This will work in a PGP file:
PPS, START POWERPNT "C:\junk\junk.pps",8,,

And this for a menu button:
^C^CSTART;POWERPNT "C:/junk/junk.pps";

HTH,
Kevin

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> Does anyone know how I can shell a PowerPoint pps file?
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> I am trying to run the pps from within AutoCAD.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
>