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We have a slideshow running 24/7 with various trend displays, but want to add a page from a PowerPoint presentation to a display which will update if there are any changes to the presentation.
Our problem is that when you start the slideshow it opens the displays and will read the ppt but not refresh it.
If the .ppt file is open on the PC then it will show the updates, but this file is updated by various people in the network so can't stay open.
Any idea how to force a regular update on an embedded / linked file inside a display?
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Hmmm, without testing this I guess you could try to re-open the powerpoint in VBA to see if that triggers a refresh. The Powerpoint presentation will be added as an OLEObject so you can get at the Presentation object and reload it, something like: Code:
'Add reference to Powerpoint
Dim P As Presentation
Set P = OLEObjects(1) ' Find the index of the Presentation OLEObject
Call P.Application.Presentations.Open(P.Name) 'Re-open itself.
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Thanks for the code Rhys but we couldn't get it to work. After coming back to it we've hacked something together that monitors the update date on the file and then re-opens it if it changes. You'd have thought this would be simple request to solve, but we've had a nightmare  Cheers .
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