Yong-Fu,
Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided to bury ActiveX functionality in Office 2007. To access Controls, you need to click on the big round button in the upper-left, select PowerPoint Options, choose then "Popular" tab and then check the "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon" option. The Developer tab will give you access to the Control Toolbox. Cheers, Warren (PS. For a similar free and unsupported control for PyMOL Sessions, see http://delsci.com/axpymol/ ) ________________________________ From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Yong-Fu Li Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] DS Visualizer ActiveX Control in PowerPoint Hi, This is non-CCP4 related question, I apologize to those who are not interested. But I hope there might be someone over there with a good answer. Program: Accelry DS Visualizer 2.0 (Free ware). It has some interesting features. My intention: Create an image from pdb files and save as .msv file. Then in PowerPoint this file can be inserted via an ActiveX Control window. In 2003 version it works this way: (1) Open ppt, then bring in "Visual Basic" and "Control Toolbox" panel. (2) Click "More Controls" in "Control Toolbox" penal, then select "Accelrys DSVisualizer ControlR1" (3) The cursor becomes cross then makes a window in ppt slide. (4) Switch ppt to "Full Screen" then right-click on black window to import molecule file. (5) Now you can manipulate the molecule as in DS Visualizer when ppt is in "Full Screen" However, in 2007 version the layout is different and the Visual Basic and Control ToolBox exist in the Developer menu. I could not locate the Accelrys DSVisualizer ControlR1. Instead there are entries such as "DSDisplayPanel Class" and "DSStatusBar Class". Choosing either one and trying to draw a window will give the same error: Could not access system registry. I also posted a similar question to the Accelrys forum but no reply yet. Thanks in advance. Yong-Fu Li IAVI, Brooklyn, NY
