John Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Sep 3 21:22:40 CDT 2003
Pat! Pat! Sometimes ya just need (and deserve) that! John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:32 PM To: 'AccessD at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: [AccessD] Secure Power Point Web presentation... Sorry for the OT, but I had to share this. I know there are several aspiring or current ASP developers, so this may be interesting to some. Last week, in the middle of a virus 'eruption', I had someone put in a request to create a secure Power Point Presentation. In fact, here's the request: I have recently had the need to present sensitive information to a customer without being able to travel to their site. Normally this would be done via a PowerPoint presentation at the customer's location. I would not leave copies with the customer because of the sensitive nature of the material. Is is possible to sent up a link to a presentation, possibly converted from PowerPoint to another format (HTML?), on the Marlow website, so that I could call the customer, instruct them to go to a specific URL, and while on the phone, step through the presentation with them. The link would have to be of such a nature that the customer could not easily save the file without having to do something exotic like a screen capture. I have the opportunity to do this again next week, so your prompt response is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bob So I went and talked to him about this. The first part of his request is a peice of cake, to put a PPT on the web in Office 2k is a snap. However, the last part is the catcher. He wants to keep it 'secure'. Well, that concept was right out, because if you put something on the web, the web client HAS to download what you have given them. Yes, you could make a streaming media presentation, but trust me, that's beyond our grasp at the moment, because I sure as heck don't have time to goof with that! <grin> After talking with him, we decided to go with a web page that only displays when he allows it, that displays the pages he wants displayed, that he virtually controls from his desk. And folks, that's what I made. It's an ASP page that loads the pages he 'commands' from a VB program. It clicks through the page information with the VB program. ie, they see what looks like a PP presentation in their browser, but he controls the displaying of it. It was loads of fun to make, if anyone is interested, I'll share my 'technique'. I'll admit I'm patting myself on the back right now, because I didn't know if I could pull it off or not. <grin> Drew _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com