If you are ready to risk Automation of Office components on your server using CF, then I do have some code that might help you. Email me offline and I can send it to you. Or you could look at the code at CFcomet: http://cfregex.com/cfcomet/.
Regards, George On 11/9/05, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/9/05, Burns, John D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John Paul - > > > > So this is really a separate file type and presentation system? We are > > supporting corporate customers who are really tied to PPT already so we > > really need something that can generate a PPT slide completely. > > Yep -- alternative system. Tough challenge! The only thing I can think > of is really complicated -- using VBA to write the slide directly. > Something like using cfobject and the underlying com object as shown > in this VBA example http://skp.mvps.org/ppt00046.htm#2 > > Argh! :) > > > > > John Burns > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer > > Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:43 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Generate PPT slides from CF > > > > On 11/9/05, Burns, John D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to generate PPT slides from CF and I'm running into some > > > difficulty. I've got some reports that users can run whenever they're > > > like and the display in HTML by default. On one report, we put a > > > Powerpoint button that spits out the same HTML and just specifies the > > > filename as .ppt and returns the header for that. This works fine for > > > a simple tabled report as PPT converts the HTML to a slide. The issue > > > that I'm running into is when there is an image on the report. If I > > > put it in as an <img src...> it works fine, but if you don't have > > > access to the internet, it won't work. I'd like to somehow embed an > > > image in there so that users can take it on the road for > > > presentations. Anybody done something like this or have any ideas? > > > I've looked in the exchange for tags but haven't had much luck. > > > > This doesn't *exactly* meet the requirements, but there's a web-based > > presentation tool, S5 (http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/) that > > feels a lot like PowerPoint (unless you use really fancy transistions) > > but is all (x)HTML under the hood. It *might* be easier just to use it > > since you can use the HTML you are already building directly in a slide, > > embed images, etc -- and then package it all up to take on the road. > > It's a single HTML file, a theme, a JS file, and any media you include. > > -- > > John Paul Ashenfelter > > CTO/Transitionpoint > > (blog) http://www.ashenfelter.com > > (email) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223710 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
