"I wanted to know if there is any way to embed excel file externally, so that ppt team do not have dependency on me to build swf with every excel change."
What you mean to ask is can you load the excel file from disk from the swf inside of powerpoint. The answer is yes _but_ the end user of the powerpoint preso needs to grant privileges on their machine via the Flash Security Settings to the powerpoint file. https://linuxforlovers.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/powerpointflash-interaction/ You can also do this programatically via the FlashPlayerTrust http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9b90204-7c95.html#WS357943C4-11D4-4b2a-ADAD-3B485BF39CBF I don't think relative paths would work in this local-trusted situation so you'd have to pass the absolute file system path to the swf when it is embeded in the powerpoint file via flashvars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLSJ6a4Djd0 Also… depending on your powerpoint version… you might need to set the flashvars via vba because they might not get saved when the powerpoint file is closed and reopened. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7089619/setting-value-to-flashvars-property-doesnt-work On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Deepak MS <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > We have a requirement where in we need to display a flex app within ppt. > Basically, swf will be embedded within ppt file. However, the data for the > app is read from an excel file, which again is embedded within flex app. > > The excel file data gets refreshed every week. I get the data file, which I > need to embed in app and then release the app(swf) to ppt team. > > I wanted to know if there is any way to embed excel file externally, so > that ppt team donot have dependency on me to build swf with every excel > change. > > Kindly let me know if you have any ideas on how can this be done. > > -Deepak >
