Powerpoint viewer and temporary files

[Simon Elliott]

Hi

Is there any way of preventing Powerpoint viewer 97 from creating temporary
files?

(I can set the temporary directory to a non existent drive, but the viewer
doesn't like that and renders some of the images as red 'X'.)

Failing that, is there any way I can make Powerpoint viewer 97 limit the
size or number of its temporary files?

Thanks

Simon Elliott

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi

Is there any way of preventing Powerpoint viewer 97 from creating temporary
files?

(I can set the temporary directory to a non existent drive, but the viewer
doesn't like that and renders some of the images as red 'X'.)

Failing that, is there any way I can make Powerpoint viewer 97 limit the
size or number of its temporary files?

No, not that I've ever heard of.

Is there some reason that its temp files are a problem?

 

[Simon Elliott]

No, not that I've ever heard of.

Thanks for breaking the bad news

Is there some reason that its temp files are a problem?

The usual CF/EWF issues, which seem to give me three options:

1/ Write temporary files to ramdisk and risk running out of ramdisk space
2/ Write to an EWF protected directory and risk running out of RAM
3/ Write to an unprotected directory and wear out the CF cards.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The usual CF/EWF issues, which seem to give me three options:

1/ Write temporary files to ramdisk and risk running out of ramdisk space
2/ Write to an EWF protected directory and risk running out of RAM
3/ Write to an unprotected directory and wear out the CF cards.

EWF? A new one on me, I'm afraid.

Let's back up a bit, though. Clearly the environment is not a standard PC.
Can you explain a bit more?