[AccessD] Secure Power Point Web presentation...

Looks interesting, but it seems more to be something to prevent people from
editing a .ppt.  My guy wants to prevent the viewing unless he is
controlling it.  Even limiting the number of 'viewings' would allow someone
to send it to other people, which is what we don't want.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: MartyConnelly
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Sent: 9/3/03 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Secure Power Point Web presentation...

How about  Secure Pack. There is an option to run a no of times. Trial 
download.
http://www.mvps.org/skp/securepack/index.htm

or look through here maybe
http://www.mvps.org/skp/index.html


Drew Wutka wrote:

>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
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