Get slideshow duration using DsoFile?

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Warrick Wilson - 11 Jun 2004 19:59 GMT

I stumbled across the DSOFILE.dll today, and have been playing with it a
bit, learning what I can and cannot get.

What I'd really love to do is figure out how long a slideshow is, given an
arbitrary PPT or PPS file. I can get the slide count, but is there any way
of getting a duration (either total or per slide) thru this interface?

If not, is there any other way to programmatically get the duration of a
given PPT/PPS slideshow without having to have PowerPoint installed?

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Shyam Pillai - 12 Jun 2004 08:28 GMT

Warrick,

> but is there any way
> of getting a duration (either total or per slide) thru this interface?

No.

> If not, is there any other way to programmatically get the duration of a
> given PPT/PPS slideshow without having to have PowerPoint installed?

No. You need PPT to achieve this.

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>I stumbled across the DSOFILE.dll today, and have been playing with it a
> bit, learning what I can and cannot get.
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> If not, is there any other way to programmatically get the duration of a
> given PPT/PPS slideshow without having to have PowerPoint installed?

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