Q143665: PPT7: Animation Player for ActiveX Available
Article: Q143665
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): 7.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbappnote kbfile kbprint kbdta kbPrinting kbGraphxLink
Last Modified: 11-JUN-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0
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Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SUMMARY
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You can use the Microsoft PowerPoint Animation Player for ActiveX to view
PowerPoint presentations complete with animation and sound effects in a 32-bit
Web browser. This player has two parts: the Player (Axplayer.exe) and the
Publisher (Axpub.exe).
If you install the Player, you will be able to view the animation in a PowerPoint
presentation posted on the Web. If you install the Publisher, you can also
create your own animated presentations for the Web using PowerPoint 95.
The files Axpub.exe and Axplayer.exe are now available from Microsoft. For
information about obtaining these files, see the "To Obtain These Files" section
of this article.
Description of Axplayer.exe
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If you choose to download just the Animation Player, you get a self-extracting
Setup program named Axplayer.exe. Double-click this file to install the
following files to your \Program Files\Common Files\ActiveX Animation Player
folder:
Readme.txt 1KB
Surge.exe 1,271KB
Surgprox.dll 37KB
Uninst.exe 56KB
If you have Netscape Navigator installed, the following file is installed to the
Netscape plugins folder:
Npsurge.dll 27KB
Description of Axpub.exe
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Axpub.exe is a self-extracting file that runs a Setup program. When you
double-click this file, all of the files included with Axplayer.exe are
installed as well as these three files:
Surge.ppa 96KB
Surgeui.dll 60KB
Template.htm 1KB
If you do not have PowerPoint 95 installed on your system, Axpub.exe will only
install the player files.
Registry Entries
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PowerPoint depends on registration entries to find the Animation Player files in
order to provide you with the ability to convert PowerPoint slides to Web pages.
The entries are just like what you find for other add-ins which is how
PowerPoint knows to add this feature to the File menu.
You'll find a key in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER that tells the location
of the surge.ppa file and the initial function within that file.
\Software\Microsoft\Office\PowerPoint\7.0\Addins\Surge
Initfunction DeNileMain
Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\ActiveX Animation
Player\surge.ppa
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
TO OBTAIN THESE FILES
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To obtain Axpub.exe:
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
DownloadDownload Axpub.exe now
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/powerpoint95/Utility/1/WIN98/EN-US/axpub.exe)
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. After it is posted, the file is housed on
secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
To Obtain Axplayer.exe:
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
DownloadDownload Axplayer.exe now
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97pro/utility4/1/WIN98/EN-US/AXPLAYER.EXE)
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of
posting to scan this file for viruses. After it is posted, the file is housed on
secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
Additional query words: kbfile axpub axplayer exe
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Keywords : kbappnote kbfile kbprint kbdta kbPrinting kbGraphxLink
Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt95 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt95Search
Version : :7.0
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbinfo
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