Displaying a Powerpoint presentation on a PC without Microsoft Office installed

[vegvegko]

Hi,

Is there any way to build or distribute a C# application with a
Powerpoint component, so that the application can display Powerpoint
presentations on PCs that do not have Microsoft Office installed?

Thanks for any insight!

Rgds,
Manny

 

[garyusenet]

Hi i'm sure you are looking for a programmatic solution, but are you
aware that MS provide a free powerpoint viewer that can be downloaded
from their website?

Also they appear to have an activex control as well, although I
couldn't find any documentation for it on their website.

http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/ppoint/ppoint.asp

HTH Gary.

 

[Kev]

Not sure if it will work but MS does (or did) provide the free PowerPoint
Viewer... you might find that if you add a reference to it you can embed it
into your app... probably use Interop though which is no problem really....

The thing is, if you install the viewer you probably don't need the C#
app... although you may find it is designed more for use with IE... check it
out...

Cheers

 

[vegvegko]

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt reply. You are right, I'm looking for a C#
solution. I'll like to use Powerpoint as a control so that the
presentation can be displayed in a window. Using the WebBrowser control
achieves it to a certain extent, but the application cannot display the
presentation if Microsoft Office is not installed.

Thanks for the ActiveX link, but Microsoft seems to have removed the
download.

Rgds,
Manny