Microsoft KB Archive/161724

= PPT: Running PowerPoint Animations with Netscape Navigator 3.x =

Article ID: 161724

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161724



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Web page in Netscape Navigator 3.x that contains a PowerPoint Animation (.ppz) file, the PowerPoint animation may appear as a generic plug-in icon.



MORE INFORMATION
There are two things to check for when this happens:
 * 1) Is the .ppz file in the logical root directory of the Web Server?
 * 2) Does the Web Server support the application MIME type?

Netscape 3.x cannot run the ActiveX Animation from the logical root of a Web Server folder. For example: if Pres0.ppz is at the following HTTP address: http://SomeServer/Pres0.ppz, Netscape Navigator cannot run it.



RESOLUTION
To solve this problem, you must move the .ppz file to a subfolder under the logical root of your user directory.

For example, suppose the file Pres0.ppz is initially in the root of a folder on a Web Server folder. Through a browser, the file would have the HTTP address of http://ServerName/Pres0.ppz. The owner of this folder creates a subfolder called Animations and moves Pres0.ppz into it. The file now has the address: http://ServerName/Animations/pres0.ppz. Netscape 3.x can run the file from the subfolder.

In addition to moving the file to a subfolder, the appropriate HREF entries in the HTML file need to be updated to reflect the change in the address.

Example
The HTML original code segment for the in-place playing of the ActiveX Animation looks like this:     This page contains an ActiveX Animation that your browser was unable to view. Click here to open pres0.ppz fullscreen   After moving the ppz file to the Animations subfolder, the code segment looks like this:   </EMBED>  This page contains an ActiveX Animation that your browser was unable to  view. Click here to open pres0.ppz fullscreen</A> </NOEMBED> </OBJECT> NOTE: Microsoft Technical Support does not support modifying HTML code. You should always work with a copy of your original HTML document.

In addition, the Web Server must be set up to properly serve the ActiveX Animation MIME file type. Netscape Navigator 3.x does not directly handle ActiveX Animations by the file type. It must be sent the MIME type of the file from the Web Server software.

The syntax for the MIME entry is: <pre class="fixed_text">  application/vnd.ms-powerpoint     ppz NOTE: Microsoft Technical Support does not support modifying third party Internet server software. If you are unsure about modifying the MIME type settings, please contact the software vendor for your Internet server software.

For more information about entering the correct MIME information if you are using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) or Microsoft Personal Web Server, please see the following articles here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

142558 Adding Mime Types to Internet Information Server

155730 How to Add MIME Types to Personal Web Server

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