odd behavior of VB6 controls in powerpoint

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R Q - 17 Oct 2007 22:59 GMT

I have tried to use controls such as ListView (version 5.0 SP2 and
version 6) on my presentation, but they seem to produce odd behavior.

Such as, when the slide show runs, the ListView control appears on the
screen at 0,0 location, even though on the slide it's at 168,106... the
stranger thing is that the control seems to duplicate itself... it shows
both at 168,106 and 0,0 ... and the list items are going into the one
at 0,0. Sometimes, if I click on an item in the control at 0,0 it shows
up as an item on the 168,106 one!

See screenshot:

In design view:
http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pptcontrolproblem02zg8.jpg

In slide show (the items are populated from a db query):
http://img86.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pptcontrolproblem01xq4.jpg

I have tried setting .Top and .Left on the control manually, but it
didn't affect it.

- R

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Chirag - 18 Oct 2007 04:46 GMT

Try setting .Left to .Left during slide show when you reach slide 3. That
should do the job I think.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

>I have tried to use controls such as ListView (version 5.0 SP2 and version
>6) on my presentation, but they seem to produce odd behavior.
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>
> - R

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R Q - 18 Oct 2007 17:39 GMT

I actually tried setting .Left = 168 and .Top = 106 on clicking a button
in slide 3, but it had no effect.

Maybe a newbie question, but how exactly do you know from the code when
you've "reached" slide 3?

Thanks,

- R

> Try setting .Left to .Left during slide show when you reach slide 3.
> That should do the job I think.
>
> - Chirag

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