OfficeOne: PowerViewer: Command-line Options

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OfficeOne PowerViewer enables you to launch single slide shows directly on command-line and through Windows batch files. PowerViewer is usually installed in C:\Program Files\OfficeOne\PowerViewer\.

OfficeOne PowerViewer accepts the following syntax:

PowerViewer [/n number] [/s] "filename.ppt" [N]

PowerViewer [/l] [/s] "filename.pssv"

where,

/n	Provide an ID for this PowerViewer session. Sessions with same ID can be closed together using ClosePowerViewerSessions.exe
N	Start the show on this monitor
/l	Load PowerViewer Session settings from filename.pssv. Do not start the slide show.
/s	Exit PowerViewer when slide show ends.

By default, PowerViewer assumes the primary monitor for running the slide show. Also, by default, it launches the PowerViewer session directly without any further dialog boxes.

In the second syntax, PowerViewer loads the saved PowerViewer Session Settings from the specified filename.

PowerViewer "C:\Presentations\SevenWonders.ppt"

Launches SevenWonders.ppt slide show on the primary monitor.

PowerViewer "C:\Presentations\SevenWonders.ppt" 2

Launches SevenWonders.ppt slide show on the second monitor.

PowerViewer /n 1 "C:\Presentations\SevenWonders.ppt" 2

Launches SevenWonders.ppt slide show on the second monitor. Sets the ID of the PowerViewer session to 1. You can use ClosePowerViewerSessions.exe to close this PowerViewer session as follows:
ClosePowerViewerSessions 1

Start PowerViewer "C:\Presentations\SevenWonders.ppt" 2

When executed from Windows batch (.bat) files, this command launches SevenWonders.ppt slide show on the second monitor and continues executing further commands. This is useful when you want to run different slide shows on different monitors.

PowerViewer "C:\Presentations\VegasConference.pssv"

Loads and launches the PowerViewer Session settings stored in VegasConference.pssv.

PowerViewer /l "C:\Presentations\VegasConference.pssv"

Loads PowerViewer Session settings stored in VegasConference.pssv. Shows the PowerViewer dialog box with the loaded session settings.

Start /wait PowerViewer /s "C:\Presentations\SevenWonders.ppt" 2

When executed from Windows batch (.bat) files, this command launches SevenWonders.ppt slide show on the second monitor and waits for PowerViewer to end. The /s switch to PowerViewer tells PowerViewer to close when the slide show ends.

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