can you link to solitaire from power point ?

[Guest]

I am trying to set a hyperlink to solitaire from a power point slide. I am
using 2003 version.

 

[Bill Foley]

Sure can! Put some sort of autoshape (I use the top left Action Button) on
your slide. If you use an Action Button, when the "Action Settings" dialog
box comes up, click the "Run Program" option. Depending on the version of
Windows you have (I have Windows XP), you will need to enter the path to the
solitaire program. Something like:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\sol.exe

When you go into Slide Show mode and click the button, click "OK" to accept
the "Oh my god, the world is going to come to an end" dialog box that comes
up (sorry, getting a little melodramatic) and the game will start.

If you use something other than an Action Button, right-click the object and
select "Action Settings" to perform the above steps.

Of course, you can also put some sort of object on your slide, click
"Insert", "Hyperlink", browse to the same folder and select the "sol.exe"
file. This method, however, brings up two "Oh my god, the world is going to
come to an end" dialog boxes!

Holler back if you need help!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Sure can! Put some sort of autoshape (I use the top left Action Button) on
your slide. If you use an Action Button, when the "Action Settings" dialog
box comes up, click the "Run Program" option. Depending on the version of
Windows you have (I have Windows XP), you will need to enter the path to the
solitaire program. Something like:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\sol.exe

I'd try just

sol.exe

The windows drive and directory name will vary depending on the Win version
and installation specifics, but the system folder will ALWAYS be on the path,
so you don't need to enter more than the name of the EXE

If you're running this on your own computer and don't mind setting macro
security to medium or low, you can have the action setting set to Run
Macro:Sol and add this macro in the VB editor:

Sub Sol()
Call Shell("sol.exe", vbNormalFocus)
End Sub

 

[Bill Foley]

I seem to recall you correcting me on that last time! Must I continually be
re-trained? HA!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I seem to recall you correcting me on that last time! Must I continually be
re-trained? HA!

I figure it takes about three good shots with the two by four to get any of use
up to speed. After that, the arm gets tired, attention wanders, we tend to ...
um ...

what?

Oh. We tend to forget what we ...


were



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