Slasch changes to backslasch when saved in hyperlinks

[borguner]

After upgrading to PPT 2007 my hyperlinks that is running external programs
on mouse clicks using qualifiers witth the / (slasch) option, the / (slasch)
is cenverted to a \ (backslasch) when I save the file. For example I have an
action when clicking objekt like this:
wmplayer C\mymovie.wmv /fullscreen
after saving and reopening the file it looks like this
wmplayer C:\mymovie.wmv \fullscreen
wich meens that the movie won't play in full screen.

How can I prevent that?

 

[John Wilson]

In Action > Run Program does something like this work?

C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /FullScreen
"C:\mymovier.wmv"
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[borguner]

Thank you, but no
This is exactly as I had it before when I used PPT 2003
Perhaps I should mention that I now am using the Home/Student version. The
2003 version was the full one. But that is problebly not the problem

 

[John Wilson]

Works here in 2007 are you sure you are doing the same thing (it's not quite
what you said originally)

I presume you have a good reason for not using Insert > Movie?
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[borguner]

I sure will try your suggest tonight when I get home but I'm pessimistic.
What I ment was that earlier I used ZoomPlayer intead of wmplayer and my
line was
C:\Program Files\Zoom Player\zplayer.exe /F /Q "C:\mymovie.wmv"
This looks exactly like your suggest
This is not working now in 2007. After saving it gets
C:\Program Files\Zoom Player\zplayer.exe \F \Q "C:\mymovie.wmv"

Why I use "run" is because I want the movie to start in full screen when I
mouseclick an object. I don't no any other way to do that.

 

[John Wilson]

There's no reason why you cannot get the desired effect without using a media
player link

Insert > Movie from File
Play when clicked
In the movie tool tab tick Hide during Show and Full Screen

In custom animation double click the entry and change the trigger to the
shape of your choice
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[borguner]

Thank you but I get the same result after saving and reopen.
The / is converted to \

 

[borguner]

Thanks, now I understand what you mean.
This could work for one of my presentations but it is too much more
complicated to change. I have one presentation including 6 movies, and I have
only i few minutes to program which movies and in which order they are going
to be played.
I really would like the link with the / to work instead.

 

[borguner]

Thank you, now I know I'm not crazy

Rats. I had a chance to play with this some more and see the same thing.
The little @#$&*^*& is OBSESSIVE about converting slashes.

I'll report this.




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