Hi Elyse,

In PowerPoint, there is the ability to 'construct' your presentation to run on a machine without PowerPoint. Why not do this and then run the presentation? HTH

>Thanks, but I meant how to do this programmatically from VFP. I want to be able to run the PPT using the viewer on my user's machine even if they don't have PPT files set to open with the viewer. Can SHELLEXEC handle this?
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>Thanks.
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>>In NT Explorer:
>>- Highlight any ppt file
>>- Shift-rightclick
>>- Open with
>>- Select the viewer or IE4
>>- ... and make sure the "Always use..." checkbox is chhecked