Shockwave/Flash problem

[Guest]

I have suddenly lost the ability to insert Shockwave or Flash content into my
PowerPoint presentations. This problem began after our computers were
upgraded to Flash 9 and Shockwave 10 and may also be connected with a problem
I had with a corrupted presentation containing Flash content.

When I open a presentation with an embedded SWF or DCR, I get "Some controls
on this presentation can't be activated. They might not be registered on this
computer." If I try to add new content, SWFs added as a "Shockwave Flash
Object" appear to work (no error messages) but don't play. Attempting to
insert a "Shockwave ActiveX Control" gives the message "Object library
invalid or contains references to object definitions that could not be found."

I have uninstalled and reinstalled both Flash and Shockwave and verified
that they work in both Firefox and IE. PowerPoint, however, doesn't seem to
be getting the message.

Any suggestions?

 

[Austin Myers]

JV,

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

JV,

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.

So as a workaround, people could host the flash_thing in an html page and
display that in PPT with Shyam's LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org)?

 

[Austin Myers]

I believe that to be true, I'll give it a test as soon as my round tuits
come it.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Guest]

So as a workaround, people could host the flash_thing in an html page and
display that in PPT with Shyam's LiveWeb (http://skp.mvps.org)?

Wow, it's almost worth having the problem to find out about LiveWeb, which
somehow I've never come across. I'll have *many* uses for that!

The problem I have seen here is that the new versions of the activex
controls (flash and shockwave) are designed for internet use and do not work
in PPT. I am investigating and will post when I know more.

Gee, thanks, Adobe...when it was Macromedia, Flash always worked great with
PowerPoint. I can install LiveWeb on all the computers I present from, but
what happens when you go to give a presentation somewhere else? Someone's
going to have to address this at some point.

Thanks for the help!