Run Slideshow(S) with return

[BobM]

Hi all,

I'm sure that the topic of running a number of slide shows successively and automatically has cropped up before, but cannot locate an answer.

I have resorted to creating a '.bat' file with the slide show EXEs named on successive lines and then have a button that "runs application or open file" on clicking. It works but with the cmd screen showing in between each.

Am I missing a trick? Can "Run Slideshow With return" take a list of slideshows and overcome the 'cmd' screen bit?

Bob

[fh1805]

Hi Bob,

Yes, "Run Slideshow" or "Run Slideshow with Return" can be used to chain/link sequences together. All sequences involved must be "Created" using v5.6 (they can be built in any version but the final create of the EXE must be done using v5.6).

To drive off a "Menu" sequence, use a background image of your choice and then add buttons or thumbnails and give these the "Run Slideshow" or "Run Slideshow and Return" action under Action on mouse click on the Common tab in the O&A window. To chain one sequence off the back of another use the Project Options...More tab option to Run application/slideshow on exit.

Have a play, its easier to do than it is to describe how to do it.

regards,

Peter

[BobM]

To drive off a "Menu" sequence, use a background image of your choice and then add buttons or thumbnails and give these the "Run Slideshow" or "Run Slideshow and Return" action under Action on mouse click on the Common tab in the O&A window. To chain one sequence off the back of another use the Project Options...More tab option to Run application/slideshow on exit.

Peter, thanks for the reply. I understand what you are saying, but unfortunately I didn't give you the full story of what I'm trying to do.

Here goes :-

It is a travelogue and I want to click one button that says "View all" and another button which says "View by place". This latter button goes to a slide with a map with buttons placed on the map that can be clicked to "Run slideshow with return" for a particular place.

What I want to achieve with the "View all" is the ability to run in sequence all these individual place slideshows which of cause don't want to have a "Run slideshow on exit" for use in the "View by place" mode.

I realise that I could copy all of the individual slide shows in to one big one for the "View all", but I was hoping I could avoid the duplication that that would involve.

regards

Bob

[fh1805]

Bob,

The solution that comes most readily to my mind is to produce two variants of each sequence. The first variant is made to function as a stand-alone sequence and is the one called off the Location button. The second variant is the one that is coded to call the next sequence in the chain. The head of this chain is the one that is called off the View All button.

Obviously you do not need to do the full sequence build everytime on both variants. You simply create the stand-alone version first and then save the pte file as a variant name and modify the variant pte to call the next sequence in the chain. To be sure that you do not over-write the previous exe file use Create...Create As... to create the variant exe file.

Not neat but it will work and requires a minimum of extra effort from yourself.

That's the best I can do!

regards,

Peter

[BobM]

Thanks Peter,

Your proposal does save work over what I was thinking of doing.

regards

Bob

[nobeefstu]

Bob,

I have resorted to creating a '.bat' file with the slide show EXEs named on successive lines and then have a button that "runs application or open file" on clicking. It works but with the cmd screen showing in between each.

Am I missing a trick? Can "Run Slideshow With return" take a list of slideshows and overcome the 'cmd' screen bit?

Its possible to run the .bat in a minimized state. In order to do this you create a new .bat file to run your slideshow.bat file.

Create a new name.bat file using:

start /min slideshow.bat

Exit

* Make sure your slideshow.bat includes Exit

[BobM]

Its possible to run the .bat in a minimized state. In order to do this you create a new .bat file to run your slideshow.bat file.

Create a new name.bat file using:

start /min slideshow.bat

Exit

* Make sure your slideshow.bat includes Exit

Hi nobeefstu,

Thanks for that information - magic.

I was brought up in the days of DOS and "start" didn't exist then.

Bob