> I am using the Buddy API Xtra to open files from cd. I have
> two types of
> files, powerpoint and acrobat. The acrobat files all open all
> of the time,
> however the powerpoint files do not. The same cd will work on
> one machine
> and not on another. Some work and some do not. It opens powerpoint and
> brings up an error message (in powerpoint) saying the path is
> incorrect. We
> have had problems on NT4.0 and 95, seems to work ok on 2000, 98 and
> millenium and on OS9 when I change the file structure to mac.
> Could it be
> the powerpoint setup, the powerpoint is all 2000 except on
> the mac where it
> is 1998, or is it something I am doing wrong, are there any
> ways to check
> what it is sending to powerpoint.
>
> The code I have used is:
> on mouseUp me
> set OK = baOpenFile( the pathName &
> "resources/generalprinciples/presentation.ppt","" )
> end
in spite of some folks insistance that it is not necessary, it it important
to not have spaces in file names on NT especially. use the Buddy command
baShortFilename on the path before you call the baOpenFile. I just use it
all the time, except on the Mac of course.
HTH
Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
al<at>cambersoft<dot>com
http://www.cambersoft.com
A famous linguist once said:
"There is no language wherein a double
positive can form a negative."
YEAH, RIGHT
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