read Power Point File

Discussion in 'PHP' started by 2mk_atspace, Jan 14, 2007.

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    How to read Power Point file. can we read Power Point file each slide ? I want to display my power point file in in my wesite ?
     
    2mk_atspace, Jan 14, 2007 IP
  2. TwistMyArm

    TwistMyArm Peon

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    I was under the impression that you could export to HTML from within Powerpoint... wouldn't it be easier to just do that and upload the HTML itself?
     
    TwistMyArm, Jan 15, 2007 IP
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    You cannot say it is impossible.
    Because if you drag-drop a ppt file in internet explorer it opens up. So there can be some code available to read a ppt file slide by slide and show individually as image.

    For e.g. You can read & modify excel using php. Then why not ppt?
     
    sukantab, Jan 16, 2007 IP
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    Dragging and dropping into IE has nothing to do with a web server though, right? It's accessing the file via a filesystem, not via a web server. IE is able to embed the Powerpoint program and basically just wraps itself around the program.

    If your example was correct ('a browser can do it, so...') I should be able to drag and drop a presentation into Firefox in Linux and expect the same result. I can tell you that that's not the case!

    The thing about Excel is that it's fairly basic, really: most of the time, you're talking about a table of data. Powerpoint is a little more complex than that. Technically you're right, it's not impossible, but it's magnitudes more difficult than how you are seeing it.

    Like I say, what's wrong with doing the translation on your machine and uploading the HTML?
     
    TwistMyArm, Jan 16, 2007 IP
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    You can always provide a download link?
     
    rgchris, Jan 16, 2007 IP