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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / August 2008ActiveX control resize problem
Hi, I am having problems with PowerPoint resizing ActiveX controls. I have two controls on a slide. When I "show the slide", the controls are enlarged (but not in proportion to the slide). So one control covers the other and often one or both extend past the slide bounds. Even worse, when the slide show ends, the controls do not return to the correct size. On each successive showing, the controls get bigger and bigger. I can use Basic code to set the controls to the correct size and position on the slide, but am unsure on where to put the code. The code needs to be executed when the slide is shown. Neither of the two automatically generated functions appear to be the place for putting the code. Is there an equivalent to OnSlideInit() that I can hook into? I've seen suggestions that ActiveX controls should be placed in a User Form rather than a slide, but when I try this PowerPoint just crashes. I'd be grateful for any pointers cheers Russell Thamm What specific ActiveX control are you using? If it's crashing PPT when placed on a user form, I'd be just a wee bit suspicious of it. This explains how you can work with events in PPT: Make PPT respond to events http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00004.htm > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > cheers > Russell Thamm ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I am using TeeChart controls from Steema. > I am using TeeChart controls from Steema. I just had a quick look at their site and didn't see any specific mention of support for Office/VBA in the info about their ActiveX control. There are some differences between VB and VBA; not all controls are compatible with both. I'd check with Steema to find out whether theirs is supported in VBA. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Hi Russell, There is an incompatibility with TeeChart sizing and Powerpoint that makes sizing difficult to manage on a PPT page. The cleanest solution is to compile TeeChart into a UserControl and place the UserControl in the page. Steps to take: 1. Make VB UserControl project. 2. Compile and register project (can be registered via last option in import control list in Powerpoint if preferrable) 3. Make Powerpoint example using the UserControl. The usercontrol can be found in the list of ActiveX controls after it is registered The example project included will work to show all the steps. Please note that if you make changes to the UserControl after having used it in Powerpoint you should delete the temporary file (.exd) created by Powerpoint in the following folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\PPTxx.x  SignatureBest Regards, Narcis Calvet Steema Support Central http://support.steema.com "Important note: If you are a TeeChart registered customer, please post your support questions at Steema's Support monitored Forums for customers: http://support.steema.com for a prompter reply." > I am using TeeChart controls from Steema. Narcis, Thanks for picking up on this so quickly and thoroughly. > Hi Russell, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\PPTxx.x ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > There is an incompatibility with TeeChart sizing and Powerpoint that makes > sizing difficult to manage on a PPT page. The cleanest solution is to [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > I am using TeeChart controls from Steema. I don't think it's a problem with TeeChart, some clients of mine are having the exact same problem with my QTVRControlX control (can download it from http://qt4all.onestop.net). It seems to be caused by PowerPoint2003 (and maybe not all installations of it???). When they navigate back-forward from slide to slide the QTVRControlX controls placed in there grow bigger and bigger and after exiting slideshow mode they've stayed bigger! > There is an incompatibility with TeeChart sizing and Powerpoint that makes > sizing difficult to manage on a PPT page. The cleanest solution is to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\PPTxx.x this thread is at http://www.teechart.net/support/viewtopic.php?t=5269&highlight=powerpoint 1) the solution suggested isn't that good, since VB UserControl wizard doesn't have some facility to import another ActiveX control and wrap all its properties/methods/events to expose them at the new control. Also maybe VB runtime libraries would be needed at the client machine in this case the .NET wizards don't have such functionality either, although when you add "Implements xxInterface", the editor makes skeleton code that you can then fill-in which is nice - in that case though would need to have .net on the client machine 2) The thing is that this doesn't happen with TeeChart only (but with ActiveX controls made with Delphi for example) when using them in PowerPoint2003. Wonder what has changed compared to older PP versions and why this resize is happening. Sounds like a PowerPoint bug to me, although I've been told by customers that for example ParallelGraphics VRML player Cortona ActiveX control doesn't have this issue when used in PP slides AREN'T MANAGED NEWSGROUPS SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORED BY MS? WHERE's THEIR REPLY ON THIS ISSUE AND THE INFO I ADDED ON IT? SignatureGeorge Birbilis (J# MVP) http://www.kagi.com/birbilis > > There is an incompatibility with TeeChart sizing and Powerpoint that makes > > sizing difficult to manage on a PPT page. The cleanest solution is to [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > that for example ParallelGraphics VRML player Cortona ActiveX control doesn't > have this issue when used in PP slides > AREN'T MANAGED NEWSGROUPS SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORED BY MS? WHERE's THEIR REPLY > ON THIS ISSUE AND THE INFO I ADDED ON IT? As far as I know, this isn't a managed newsgroup. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > > AREN'T MANAGED NEWSGROUPS SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORED BY MS? WHERE's THEIR REPLY > > ON THIS ISSUE AND THE INFO I ADDED ON IT? > > As far as I know, this isn't a managed newsgroup. strange, I got here from http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/managed by searching for "PowerPoint ActiveX size" or something like that Do you know if there is any PowerPoint or Office managed newsgroup then and where I can find it? TIA, George > > > AREN'T MANAGED NEWSGROUPS SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORED BY MS? WHERE's THEIR > REPLY [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Do you know if there is any PowerPoint or Office managed newsgroup then and > where I can find it? MSLeftHand and MSRightHand are having a spat and not talking to one another, I guess. From the same page, there's a link to this Quick List of Managed Groups: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa974230.aspx where the word PowerPoint doesn't even appear. But here's a list of the managed groups that deal with general office dev: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa974230.aspx#OFFICE And by the way, I don't mean to suggest that there's anything wrong with posting your question here; it's unfortunate that nobody had an answer for you this time, but please do post here as well as in the managed groups if you like. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ > But here's a list of the managed groups that deal with general office dev: > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa974230.aspx#OFFICE afaik the MSDN managed groups (I found office.activedocument newsgroup there and office.activexcontrols or something like that) are full of spam and no body from MS seems to be monitoring them (at least the Office ones). Really disappointing... |
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