Re: Powerpoint from PHP?

On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:54 -0600, Skip Evans wrote: > I wonder what other alternatives to PP might exist for a > possible solution to this. I don't know squat about Flash, but > the client is not married to PP, just needs some kind of > presentation the side can assemble, again basically put images > and text into something that can be displayed to potential > clients. > > The OpenOffice API suggestion from Leonard sounds a bit > intriguing but the client doesn't have a huge budget for me to > spend a lot of time experimenting. > > I'm wondering what can be done with images and either > ImageMagick or perhaps GD and then something. > > Skip > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:41 -0500, Ryan Sun wrote: > > > >> php on windows server may have the capability... > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Skip Evans <skip@bigskypenguin.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Yeah, from Googling around I'm getting the impression there is not a PHP > >>> library capable of doing this. I guess the next best thing we can do is just > >>> let them download files with collections of slides and create the > >>> presentation themselves. > >>> > >>> Skip > >>> > >>> > >>> Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >>> > >>>> I don't think that's possible. You could look at the Microsoft XML > >>>> formats > >>>> to see if you can take that apart, but it would be tricky. It might be far > >>>> easier to do it with the Open Office presentation format, but again, I > >>>> don't > >>>> know of any libraries that are capable of doing this. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Ash > >>>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> ==================================== > >>> Skip Evans > >>> PenguinSites.com, LLC > >>> 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > >>> Madison WI 53703 > >>> 608.250.2720 > >>> http://penguinsites.com > >>> ------------------------------------ > >>> Those of you who believe in > >>> telekinesis, raise my hand. > >>> -- Kurt Vonnegut > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, visit: > >>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >>> > > > > > > I think for COM stuff to work, you'd have to have MS Office installed on > > the server. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone; that would be just > > another way into the server should someone wish it. Windows and MS > > Office are just about the most popular bits of software around, and > > Windows is inherently insecure, such that I'd be unsurprised if their > > Office software was as insecure. > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > -- > ==================================== > Skip Evans > PenguinSites.com, LLC > 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > Madison WI 53703 > 608.250.2720 > http://penguinsites.com > ------------------------------------ > Those of you who believe in > telekinesis, raise my hand. > -- Kurt Vonnegut > Images would likely be HUGE for a presentation! Have you thought about PDF's instead? A PDF is pretty easy to put together, and there are several free to use libraries out there for just such a thing. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk