PPT viewer in a asp.net web application

[Dario Politi]

Hello,
I need to develop a web site for a learning centre in asp.net 2.0.
They want to deliver part of their courses on-line. The customer will have a
username and password to access a reserved area.
In this area, they need to show some powerpoint files resuming the lessons.
The end users can or cannot have powerpoint installed on their computer,
so I though that a ppt viewer is needed.

There are a couple of check in "Folder Option" -> "File Types" that
can change the behaviour of our web application:

"Browse in same window": if it's not checked, the ppt is loaded outside a
web page
"Confirm open after download": if it's checked, the system ask if you want
to open the file or download it into your system.

Is there a way to bypass the user configuration on the machine, in order to
be sure that he will always open the file in the browser window as we expect?

Do I need to develop a custom control for that?

Any hints will be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Hello,
I need to develop a web site for a learning centre in asp.net 2.0.

There was no way for you to know it (except maybe by browsing through some
of the previous questions in this newsgroup before posting yours - always a
recommended practice) , but this is a classic asp newsgroup. ASP.Net bears
very little resemblance to classic ASP so, while you may be lucky enough to
find a dotnet-knowledgeable person here who can answer your question, you
can eliminate the luck factor by posting your question to a group where
those dotnet-knowledgeable people hang out. I suggest
microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet or the forums at www.asp.net.

 

[Dario Politi]

I'm very sorry about that.
Thanks for your suggestion.