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   Dean Earley to All   
   Re: VB6-to-Power Point   
   30 Apr 07 09:29:17   
   
   From: dean.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   D&JG wrote:   
   > Hi all   
   > I want to click a button to run a Power Point show (.pps) and don't mind if   
   > the VB6 program exits when this is done.  Is there a simple way to do this?   
   > I've searched many VB websites but haven't seen this one yet.   
      
   Use ShellExecute.   
   http://hashvb.earlsoft.co.uk/ShellExecute   
      
   .ppt files have a specific "show" verb, but .pps files default to show   
   with the "open" verb.   
      
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