Scatterslides can't find MS Powerpoint 2003

[Laura]

When I start up the player, I see the dialog box, which after a moment
tells me that it can't find any supported applications, despite the
fact that I have Powerpoint 2003 installed. I even tried opening the
presentation on my desktop, in the hopes that would help Scatterslides
find it. I'm able to ping my phone from my computer, so I'm not
worried about connectivity. Any clues?

[Mikea]

Hi Laura, what OS are you using?

[Laura]

Vista.

[Mikea]

Hi Laura,
max4G Player asks Windows for the PowerPoint "PIA" (Primary Interop
Assembly, a dll), and if it's not found Player can't communicate with
it.

I recall that Office 2003 did not install these automatically. You
can check by looking at the list of assemblies in C:/WINDOWS/assembly
- I believe it's called "Microsoft.Office.Interop.SmartTag", version
11.0.0.0. (Office 2007 calls it
"Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint" and the version is 12.0.0.0.)

If you still have your Office 2003 Installation CD, there is an option
in Setup to add the PIAs. The instruction on Microsoft's website may
help ...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195478(office.11).aspx

... but then again, they don't fully support Office 2003 anymore.
Would you be willing to install Office 2007? Or, you might want to
try this installation package from the Microsoft web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3c9a983a-ac14-4125-8ba0-d36d67e0f4ad

Please let me know if this works for you.

Mike

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[Laura]

Hi Mike,

I downloaded the PIAs from the MS site as you suggested, and that did
the trick (along with following some of the FAQ answers). Thanks!

Laura

On Aug 6, 3:38 pm, Mikea <marachti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Laura,

> max4G Player asks Windows for the PowerPoint "PIA" (Primary Interop
> Assembly, a dll), and if it's not found Player can't communicate with
> it.
>
> I recall that Office 2003 did not install these automatically.  You
> can check by looking at the list of assemblies in C:/WINDOWS/assembly
> - I believe it's called "Microsoft.Office.Interop.SmartTag", version
> 11.0.0.0.    (Office 2007 calls it
> "Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint" and the version is 12.0.0.0.)
>
> If you still have your Office 2003 Installation CD, there is an option
> in Setup to add the PIAs.  The instruction on Microsoft's website may
> help ...
>
>  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195478(office.11).aspx
>
> ... but then again, they don't fully support Office 2003 anymore.
> Would you be willing to install Office 2007?  Or, you might want to
> try this installation package from the Microsoft web site:
>

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Family...