I'd like to write a application that opens a PowerPoint presentation and
plays it to the end, all without user intervention (which I think I've
done - see earlier posts).
After a quick demo of this, our end-user asked that the slideshow simply
starts playing, without showing the Impress window as the file loads and
converts (which is a relatively lengthy process). He also asked that
the size and position of the window that shows the slideshow is also
controllable.
This implies I need to find a way to 'hide' the Impress window as it
opens and converts the PowerPoint, then control the window size and
position as it starts playing the slideshow. I am aware I can run the
slideshow in the current window by setting the Slideshow Options ~
Window setting. However, this still leaves the menubar showing (status
bars and toolsbars etc I can turn off).
Being an OpenOffice.org developer newbie, I've got a few queries at this
point:
Can the menu bar / main window be hidden?
Are there any settings (start up settings?) which control the window size?
Is there an OO API available to do any of this?
I've tried passing the -hidden, -headless and -invisible command line
options, but these do not have any visible impact on the window (with
the exception of one which disables input).
I'll also need to determine when the slideshow has finished playing so
that I can perform internal clean up and exit Impress. I noticed a post
earlier that said there was no callbacks to notify when a presentation
had ended. Any thoughts as to how I could accomplish this?
I'm prototyping in Java, but will write the final application in C++.
Running OpenOffice 2.0.2. under Fedora Core 4.
Regards,
Andy
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