Unbound OLE objects won't update

[Chyle]

I am working with Microsoft Power Point slides in MS Access 97. I need them to be updated in Access whenever the form is opened. I linked the slides to Unbound Object Frames (OLEUnbound) and set the object's update property to Automatic. When the slides are changed, the Access form does not update upon opening. I have tried following help direction to use the Edit, OLE/DDE Links menu option and that does not work. I have also tried using myobject.action = acOLEUpdate within code and that did not work, in fact it gave me an error: "Run Time Error '2801': The OLE Object isn't loaded because the unbound Active X control hasn't been intialized." The help option on this error is pretty useless, it refers me to a generic troubleshooter concerning the Windows registery. Does anybody have any ideas? I need to be able to have these OLE objects update whenever the form is open, but nothing seems to work. I'd appreciate your suggestions.

 

[mymou]

Hi Chyle

I have exactly the same problem.

Did you ever find a solution?


Stew "Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day."

 

[mymou]

Hi All

In case any of you have the same problem - I found something under buried in the 'Action Property' help.

'When a control's Enabled property is set to No or its Locked property is set to Yes, you can't use some Action property settings'

I take this to mean that these settings override anything you set in the property 'update options'.

Stew

"Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day."

 

[Freckles]

I am facinated that you seem to be doing what I need to do with Access and PowerPoing. Could you please expand on what you have from access and what you want to do with it? Power Point is used to publish a number of my Access reports, and I have been exporting them to RTF, then putting them in PowerPoint. Are you doing something different???? : Deb Koplen
deb.koplen@verizon.com

A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.