Powerpoint and the <ESC> key.

Ike

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Apr 13, 2001, 9:35:42 AM4/13/01

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Hello,
1. How can I disable the <ESC> key so that it cannot terminate a presentation.

2. I have two presentation (.pps) that run one after the other. They are each
launched by a batch file. There is no link between them. Any ideas on how I can
terminate the first one while the second is running.

3. Can I terminate the .pps file from the bacth file?

Thanks.

Echo S

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Apr 14, 2001, 11:02:43 AM4/14/01

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Ike, I don't know about the batch files, so if anyone else has any
ideas, perhaps they'll pop in with some suggestions on it.

I can tell you that we've had some tongue-in-cheek discussions here
about disabling the escape key. One thought was to pop the key off,
apply superglue, then pop the key back on. <g> Another is to hide the
keyboard.

Of course, that was back in July 2000, and of course google groups don't
seem to go back that far yet. Grrrr.

Anybody remember any real solutions to this? I thought there was a VBA
workaround, but I could very well be misremembering.

Echo

Sonia

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Apr 14, 2001, 11:36:57 AM4/14/01

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I ran into the same problem, Echo. I knew that we had a long thread on this
way back when, and I could remember the funny solutions, but not how it was
finally resolved. It seems like someone (Shyam?) came up with a workable
solution.

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Echo S

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Apr 14, 2001, 11:48:36 AM4/14/01

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Yeah, that's what I thought, too. Guess we'll have to wait for Shyam to
wake up! <g>

Echo

Shyam Pillai

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Apr 15, 2001, 10:36:14 PM4/15/01

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Ike,

> 1. How can I disable the <ESC> key so that it cannot terminate a
presentation

I have an add-in which will disable ESC provided you are using PPT 2000

> 2. Any ideas on how I can terminate the first one while the second is
running.
Not possible, unless you are using scripting. This requires OLE automation.

> 3. Can I terminate the .pps file from the bacth file?

See answer 2

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Hello,

Ike

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Apr 17, 2001, 12:09:44 PM4/17/01

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That's funny.

Echo

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Echo S

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Apr 17, 2001, 11:08:45 PM4/17/01

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Hi, Ike. I really wasn't trying to be funny, believe it or not! But I
think if you hang on a little longer, Shyam may come up with something
for you.

Echo

Shyam Pillai

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Apr 19, 2001, 1:05:48 PM4/19/01

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IKe, still hasn't replied whether he has PPT2000 or not? : )

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Echo S

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Apr 19, 2001, 7:49:10 PM4/19/01

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Oh, I didn't realize we'd asked him that.

Ike?

Echo

Shyam Pillai

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Apr 19, 2001, 10:01:19 PM4/19/01

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> Oh, I didn't realize we'd asked him that

I did. In my first reply to his posting. : )
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