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From: John Fallon on 1 May 2006 08:06 I had a question sent to me that's a little beyond my area. Can any one offer assistance to this question? Thanks!!! I am currently working on a "Wheel of Fortune" game. It has a spinning wheel presentation linked to the game front presentation where the puzzle is and where the score is kept. The spinning wheel works great with no blinking thanks to the awesomebackgrounds tutorial. The macro to add the score is written as you describe and gets its value from a named object on the game front. My problem is getting the value produced by the spinning wheel (which I put in a named object on the slide where the spinner stops) to show up in the named object on the game front. Both presentations are running, however I can only reference ActivePresentation which is the spinning wheel and when I reference the object in the game front to send the value to it just changes the value in the spinning wheel to zero. Is this possible to do? I know you can do it from slide to slide in the same presentation, but this, I don't know. As an alternative I sent the value from the spinning wheel to an excel sheet, but when I linked that cell to game front as an object my macro couldn't read it. If neither of these works I guess I could put the sixteen slides of the spinning wheel in with the game front, but I am afraid this would create some blank spaces in the wheel spin. I'd appreciate any assistance in answering this question. -- John Fallon Instructional Technology Evangelist for PPT4Teachers.com Where Instruction and Technology meet for Teachers and the Classroom http://www.ppt4teachers.com
From: David M. Marcovitz on 1 May 2006 09:24 It seems that the person asking the question has been sending several emails (I got one, too). Let's keep the answers here so everyone can benefit from the discussion, including the people trying to answer it. I know there are some people here with experience communicating between presentations. --David -- David M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBGYWxsb24=?= <JohnFallon(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:BDCB113F-F527-4D7B-9865-9D24C87B7D6E(a)microsoft.com: > I had a question sent to me that's a little beyond my area. Can any > one offer assistance to this question? Thanks!!! > I am currently working on a "Wheel of Fortune" game. > It has a spinning wheel presentation linked to the > game front presentation where the puzzle is and where > the score is kept. The spinning wheel works great with > no blinking thanks to the awesomebackgrounds tutorial. > > > The macro to add the score is written as you describe > and gets its value from a named object on the game > front. My problem is getting the value produced by the > spinning wheel (which I put in a named object on the > slide where the spinner stops) to show up in the named > object on the game front. > > Both presentations are running, however I can only > reference ActivePresentation which is the spinning > wheel and when I reference the object in the game > front to send the value to it just changes the value > in the spinning wheel to zero. > > Is this possible to do? I know you can do it from > slide to slide in the same presentation, but this, I > don't know. > > As an alternative I sent the value from the spinning > wheel to an excel sheet, but when I linked that cell > to game front as an object my macro couldn't read it. > If neither of these works I guess I could put the > sixteen slides of the spinning wheel in with the game > front, but I am afraid this would create some blank > spaces in the wheel spin. > > I'd appreciate any assistance in answering this question.
From: John Fallon on 1 May 2006 10:26 Definitely!!! -- John Fallon Instructional Technology Evangelist for PPT4Teachers.com Where Instruction and Technology meet for Teachers and the Classroom http://www.ppt4teachers.com "David M. Marcovitz" wrote: > It seems that the person asking the question has been sending several > emails (I got one, too). Let's keep the answers here so everyone can > benefit from the discussion, including the people trying to answer it. I > know there are some people here with experience communicating between > presentations. > --David > > -- > David M. Marcovitz > Microsoft PowerPoint MVP > Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology > Loyola College in Maryland > Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ > http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > > =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBGYWxsb24=?= <JohnFallon(a)discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote in news:BDCB113F-F527-4D7B-9865-9D24C87B7D6E(a)microsoft.com: > > > I had a question sent to me that's a little beyond my area. Can any > > one offer assistance to this question? Thanks!!! > > I am currently working on a "Wheel of Fortune" game. > > It has a spinning wheel presentation linked to the > > game front presentation where the puzzle is and where > > the score is kept. The spinning wheel works great with > > no blinking thanks to the awesomebackgrounds tutorial. > > > > > > The macro to add the score is written as you describe > > and gets its value from a named object on the game > > front. My problem is getting the value produced by the > > spinning wheel (which I put in a named object on the > > slide where the spinner stops) to show up in the named > > object on the game front. > > > > Both presentations are running, however I can only > > reference ActivePresentation which is the spinning > > wheel and when I reference the object in the game > > front to send the value to it just changes the value > > in the spinning wheel to zero. > > > > Is this possible to do? I know you can do it from > > slide to slide in the same presentation, but this, I > > don't know. > > > > As an alternative I sent the value from the spinning > > wheel to an excel sheet, but when I linked that cell > > to game front as an object my macro couldn't read it. > > If neither of these works I guess I could put the > > sixteen slides of the spinning wheel in with the game > > front, but I am afraid this would create some blank > > spaces in the wheel spin. > > > > I'd appreciate any assistance in answering this question. > >
From: Steve Rindsberg on 1 May 2006 07:21 In article <BDCB113F-F527-4D7B-9865-9D24C87B7D6E(a)microsoft.com>, John Fallon wrote: > I had a question sent to me that's a little beyond my area. Can any one offer > assistance to this question? Thanks!!! Might want to direct the correspondent here so you don't have to run back and forth with scraps of e-paper. <g> > The macro to add the score is written as you describe > and gets its value from a named object on the game > front. My problem is getting the value produced by the > spinning wheel (which I put in a named object on the > slide where the spinner stops) to show up in the named > object on the game front. > > Both presentations are running, however I can only > reference ActivePresentation which is the spinning > wheel and when I reference the object in the game > front to send the value to it just changes the value > in the spinning wheel to zero. > > Is this possible to do? I know you can do it from > slide to slide in the same presentation, but this, I > don't know. Assuming there are only two presentations open and you know the order, you can reference e.g. a shape on the second slide of the first via: Presentations(1).Slides(2).Shapes("MyNamedShape") > > As an alternative I sent the value from the spinning > wheel to an excel sheet, but when I linked that cell > to game front as an object my macro couldn't read it. > If neither of these works I guess I could put the > sixteen slides of the spinning wheel in with the game > front, but I am afraid this would create some blank > spaces in the wheel spin. > > I'd appreciate any assistance in answering this question. > ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================
From: Bill Foley on 1 May 2006 16:51
I suggested in the personal e-mail to assign macros to each piece of the pie that assigns that value to the variable. Plus I suggested it easier to keep it all in the same presentation. I have a sample here with me and I might try to mess with it the next day or so. If so, I'll post back to the original poster. -- Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint) Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor www.pttinc.com Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/ "Success, something you measure when you are through succeeding." "John Fallon" <JohnFallon(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B8BBD539-405E-4D26-83E1-24ABA2D801BE(a)microsoft.com... > Definitely!!! > -- > John Fallon > Instructional Technology Evangelist for PPT4Teachers.com > Where Instruction and Technology meet for Teachers and the Classroom > http://www.ppt4teachers.com > > > "David M. Marcovitz" wrote: > >> It seems that the person asking the question has been sending several >> emails (I got one, too). Let's keep the answers here so everyone can >> benefit from the discussion, including the people trying to answer it. I >> know there are some people here with experience communicating between >> presentations. >> --David >> >> -- >> David M. Marcovitz >> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP >> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology >> Loyola College in Maryland >> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ >> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ >> >> =?Utf-8?B?Sm9obiBGYWxsb24=?= <JohnFallon(a)discussions.microsoft.com> >> wrote in news:BDCB113F-F527-4D7B-9865-9D24C87B7D6E(a)microsoft.com: >> >> > I had a question sent to me that's a little beyond my area. Can any >> > one offer assistance to this question? Thanks!!! >> > I am currently working on a "Wheel of Fortune" game. >> > It has a spinning wheel presentation linked to the >> > game front presentation where the puzzle is and where >> > the score is kept. The spinning wheel works great with >> > no blinking thanks to the awesomebackgrounds tutorial. >> > >> > >> > The macro to add the score is written as you describe >> > and gets its value from a named object on the game >> > front. My problem is getting the value produced by the >> > spinning wheel (which I put in a named object on the >> > slide where the spinner stops) to show up in the named >> > object on the game front. >> > >> > Both presentations are running, however I can only >> > reference ActivePresentation which is the spinning >> > wheel and when I reference the object in the game >> > front to send the value to it just changes the value >> > in the spinning wheel to zero. >> > >> > Is this possible to do? I know you can do it from >> > slide to slide in the same presentation, but this, I >> > don't know. >> > >> > As an alternative I sent the value from the spinning >> > wheel to an excel sheet, but when I linked that cell >> > to game front as an object my macro couldn't read it. >> > If neither of these works I guess I could put the >> > sixteen slides of the spinning wheel in with the game >> > front, but I am afraid this would create some blank >> > spaces in the wheel spin. >> > >> > I'd appreciate any assistance in answering this question. >> >> |