CGI calls in Powerpoint

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Can one embed/place a "get" call to a cgi executable in a
PowerPoint slide?
I have a live presentation/slide update process which works
well. However, it requires an observer at the presentation
site to send a get call to a cgi, with the presenter's
current slide as the single parameter (the cgi updates an
html page with the new slide number, which is then
downloaded from a folder of the slides, pre-saved as JPEGs
of GIFs).
No big deal, but it occurred to me that if I were able to
obtain the PowerPoint file ahead of time (unlikely, I
know), and plant the get call in each slide (Visual
Basic?), then I'd eliminate the observer.
 
Hi Rich,

You could try an action button. Insert an autoshape (or action button),
then right click, select action settings and use the run program option.

Glenna
 
Can one embed/place a "get" call to a cgi executable in a
PowerPoint slide?
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Is this running as a slide show?
Is it running within PowerPoint or the viewer?
What's the call to the cgi executable look like?

I have a live presentation/slide update process which works
well. However, it requires an observer at the presentation
site to send a get call to a cgi, with the presenter's
current slide as the single parameter (the cgi updates an
html page with the new slide number, which is then
downloaded from a folder of the slides, pre-saved as JPEGs
of GIFs).
No big deal, but it occurred to me that if I were able to
obtain the PowerPoint file ahead of time (unlikely, I
know), and plant the get call in each slide (Visual
Basic?), then I'd eliminate the observer.
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Is this running as a slide show? Yes
Is it running within PowerPoint or the viewer? Powerpoint
What's the call to the cgi executable look like? myhost.com/cgi-bin/myperl.pl?slide=1


Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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myhost.com/cgi-bin/myperl.pl?slide=1
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If it's an http post, can you simply create a link and plug that string in
(probably preceded by "http://www.")?

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