how an RSS feed can be displayed in a slide presentation.

[27.bhardwaj]

Hi.
I m required to develop a solution to display RSS feed in powerpoint.
I have no idea how can i do it.
whether i have to develop a custom place holder for powerpoint or i
have to develop an add-inn that display rss feed in a existing place
holder in powerpoint.

Please help me, how can i do it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Austin Myers]

Not that bad if you have Internet Explorer.

1. In PowerPoint, make certain you have your Control Toolbox menu available.

2. Click the "more controls" icon.

3. Scroll to the "Web Browser" select it and then place it on your slide.

4. Now add a control button.

5. Double click the new control button and it opens the VBA editor.

6. Paste this code in it.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
WB1.Visible = True
WB1.Navigate
("http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_re_us/mobile_homeless")
End Sub

Obviously the URL is the URL of the RSS feed. You may change it at will. I
am using a Yahoo feed here for demonstration.

That's it, run the slide show and click the command button when you want to
bring up the ROSS feed.


Note: You can customize the Web browser by changing its properties. You
could use a PowerPoint object instead of a command button and simply connect
it with its action settings to run a macro.


Austin Myers
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team

Creator of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
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