Linking an Adobe Illustrator CS2 file

[Guest]

I am using the linking object functionality of powerpoint and it works great
for Adobe Illustrator 10 files. However, when I try and link in an Adobe
Illustrator CS2 file, it does not work correctly and gives the message:
Source application or file not found. It gave me this message even though it
did find Illustrator CS2 because it would show it starting up in the
background and then that message would pop up.
I tried it on two different machines and had a co-worker try it on his
machine, all with the same result. The same error comes up whether we use
PowerPoint XP, 2003, or even 2007.

Ideas???

Thanks,
jdwinx

 

[Guest]

The steps used to link the file in PowerPoint 2007 were:

1. Select Insert Object from Ribbon toolbar
2. Click radio box "Create from file"
3. Clicked browse and found Illustrator file to insert. One example of a
filename used was "address_spaces.ai"
4. Clicked the radio box titled "Link" to indicate it should be linked into
the presentation instead of just copied.
5. Clicked OK

The file extension of the files I am trying to link is .ai for both the
Illustrator 10 files and the Illustrator CS2 files.

Thanks,
jdwinx

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am using the linking object functionality of powerpoint and it works great
for Adobe Illustrator 10 files. However, when I try and link in an Adobe
Illustrator CS2 file, it does not work correctly and gives the message:
Source application or file not found. It gave me this message even though it
did find Illustrator CS2 because it would show it starting up in the
background and then that message would pop up.
I tried it on two different machines and had a co-worker try it on his
machine, all with the same result. The same error comes up whether we use
PowerPoint XP, 2003, or even 2007.

Ideas???

There are several different ways to create links. How did you create these? A
step by step description is best.

Do the files you're linking to have spaces in the names? If so, try
surrounding them with quote marks.

What extension do the files use?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for the thorough description.

Next question then ... what happens when you double click this same file in
Windows Explorer rather than the link to it in PPT?

Something else to consider: Windows has no idea which version created the
file. All it (and PPT) know is that the file's got an AI extension. It'll
launch whichever version of Illo (or any other app) that's registered as the
"owner" of AI files.

There's more on that here:

Changing a File Association, Repairing broken File Associations
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00355.htm

I'm wondering whether you're running into something like this:

AI 10 is registered to own AI files so it's what gets launched to open the
linked file, but CS2 files have info in them that it doesn't understand so it
-- pardon the heavy techtalk -- barfs.