Experience Have done application programming as well as some installation and administration mostly with MySQL for web servers and site development and also with IMS and DB2 on legacy systems in the past.
Expert: Marty Landman Date: 10/10/2006 Subject: powerpoint slides in MS Access database
Question Marty, this is difficult to describe. I guess I need a table with slides, but do I need to convert each slide to something or some format to input into a access database. I still need to create the database. I also need to be able to preview each slide.
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I have a project where I have about 200 Powerpoint slides and need to put them in a database so that the user can see various info including the presentations that the slide is used for. Some slides are used for various presentations. The idea of using a database is that when the slides need updated, they only need to be updated once. I also need to be able to preview the slide. Thank you.
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Phil,
Sorry about the false 'can't answer' reply. My mouse has a mind of its own sometimes.
Not sure what to say in answer to your question though. Could you please be more specific about what kind of help you are asking about? For instance every database application includes tables which are part of the database and have a layout reflecting the organization of the information for the application.
to convert your .ppt files into html - iirc this can be done using the gif format. Then design the database with the fields needed and an html template that will present the info per slide i.e. gif file as needed.
Of course besides that you'll need a suitable back end i.e. administrative transactions to allow for creating and editing these.
It's a bit of work. I'd start by converting one of the slides into a web suitable file such as a gif, and then building a prototype of the webpage presentation.
This will be a good guide in designing the database requirements.
