Disable editing,saving,printing in Powerpoint

[Guest]

Hi,
I have a requirement in my project(DOTNET).I got to give the user only
reading capability for my powerpoint presentation opened thru my
application.All other featues like cut,copy,paste,save,saveas,print,right
click context menus should be disabled.How can i achieve this in powerpoint
programatically using c#? can anyone extend their help?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,
I have a requirement in my project(DOTNET).I got to give the user only
reading capability for my powerpoint presentation opened thru my
application.All other featues like cut,copy,paste,save,saveas,print,right
click context menus should be disabled.How can i achieve this in powerpoint
programatically using c#? can anyone extend their help?

You can host an instance of PPT on your own application's form, I'd think. If
the instance is invoked in slideshow mode, you'd get quite close to what you're
after.

This explains how to do it in VB:
http://skp.mvps.org/vb/pptvbwnd.htm