Transparent ActiveX Control in PP 2003 Problem. HELP!!

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jason@winstorm.ca - 17 Jul 2006 15:04 GMT

I made a simple ActiveX control in VB with an image control and i put
an image in there. No code at all.

It shows up fine in every other version of PowerPoint in design mode
and presentation mode besides 2003. In Powerpoint 2003 the picture
shows up fine in presentation mode but in design mode the activex
control is transparent. So I can't see where it is, let alone see the
picture that's there.

So i don't know what to do..Haven't seen anything out there on google
or anything here really.

Any ideas?? Is this something I have to put up with in 2003, or is
there a setting in PP I could change or do i need to rebuild my
software?

Thanks,
Please reply here, or email me jason@winstormNOSPAM.com <remove the
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jason@winstorm.ca - 19 Jul 2006 14:24 GMT

jason@winstormNOSPAM.ca <remove the NOSPAM>

sorry for the wrong email address.

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jason@winstorm.ca - 17 Aug 2006 16:00 GMT

Anyone have any ideas?

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Austin Myers - 17 Aug 2006 16:25 GMT

Sounds like a video driver issue. Try updating it and see if it takes care
of it.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia http://www.pfcmedia.com

> Anyone have any ideas?

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Glen Millar - 19 Aug 2006 08:08 GMT

Hi,

I've seen an example of it and it can be reproduced on a few systems. My
hunch is something in the code is causing it, but without source code (and
plus I know little about code), it will be hard to nail what is happening.

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Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, or
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> Sounds like a video driver issue. Try updating it and see if it takes
> care of it.
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>> Anyone have any ideas?

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jason@winstorm.ca - 21 Aug 2006 18:51 GMT

Thanks for the responses. I don't think its a video driver thing, I've
tried it on numerous computers and never displays in presentation mode.

Anyone else have any ideas?

I will try upgrading my video drivers though.

> Sounds like a video driver issue. Try updating it and see if it takes care
> of it.
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> > Anyone have any ideas?

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