Joe, In the arCorparateDemo folder under:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\arcplan\Applications\
There is an apd - acPowerPointExport.apd
Check it out. The logic is all there.
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OfflineIs it possible, without using Analytics, to copy a graph for a document to Power Point? I am not able to do this from the designer.
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Joe, In the arCorparateDemo folder under:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\arcplan\Applications\
There is an apd - acPowerPointExport.apd
Check it out. The logic is all there.
This is installed already but I get this error where I run the bat file:
c:\temp\Emf_ppt.vbs(43, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: AtiveX component can't create object: 'PowerPoint.Application'
Is this some setting my security people have to adjust?
can you please provide a little bit more detail?
What exactly did you do, within the apd file. Clicking the " PPT Export" button creates the ppt file.
We have this option in our applicaitons already. When I attempt execute this nothing happens, so I put a pause in then emf_ppt.bat file so I could see this error. I do not see a ppt file in the temp directory.
Looks like we did not get all of the pieces installed to do this. I am missing ojb 141 as shown in AC_PowerPointExport. I will have to update my application to see if this will work.
I found this:
Its an IE ActiveX setting.
I needed to go to Tools-->Internet Options --> Security --> Internet --> Custom Level
And enable...
Download unsigned ActiveX controls (not secure)
Initialise and Script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting (not secure)
Probably your app is an intranet app?
Change that custom level, if so, once you upgrade your app and it still does not generate the files.
You might also have to open up the C:\TEMP folder on your clients, to allow anonymous access, or full control to Users.
Hi Joe,
I'd suggest doing everything on the server side. You can look at aspose.com to create a sildes builder (ppt) and then use arcplan's start command to launch your builder on the server. Your ppt will be created without using office and placed in your internet folder. You can then use openlink in arcplan to direct the user to download the file and they can save it where they like.
This avoids all the security issues that you will find with the above ideas. But let's say you don't want to jump into java or C# code yet. Even if it's not supported, you can install office on your servers, create the files there and use the openlink. It does work, just that nobody will offer you any guarantees. It will be easier to support than making changes to your client computers and if you run into performance issues you can take the aspose route and uninstall office and replace the bat and vbs with C# code and the aspose library.
Just my two cents. Good luck.
Hi,
it's an old topic, but ActiveX is not supported by Edge browser. I can create a PowerPoint file in the Designer, but not in the browser. Is there a solution to that?
Best regards
Hi Marite,
not sure what is to be achieved. The POWERPOINTEXPORT function is executed on the server and creates the pptx file locally, but it can then be sent to the browser using the SAVEFILE function. Please look up example 2 for the SAVEFILE function in the Designer help file.
If this doers not help, please feel free to create a ticket in the support system and we will be happy to help you with it.
Cheers, Tasso