Ticket ID: 24338 Creation Date: 7/6/2018 10:30 AM Product: SiteRemote Attachment: -
TicketType: Support Request Version: 5.1.5 Language: English
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Support Request: Show PPT and MSACCESS in Sigital Signage

Description

Hello,
on our SiteKiosk-PCs i want to show repetively some html-pages (works fine with digital signage) and additionally i want to show some content of MSACCESS (a Form for a specific time) and then a Powerpoint-Presentation.
How is this possible?

Answer: (3)
Re: Show PPT and MSACCESS in Sigital Signage 7/6/2018 11:24 AM
Hello,

You cannot display office files like PowerPoint or Microsoft Access in Digital Signage or SiteKiosk Browser.

For PowerPoint you may export the PowerPoint presentation as MP4 video with using the PowerPoint application and then add the video.

Regards,
Michael Olbrich
Re: Show PPT and MSACCESS in Sigital Signage 7/6/2018 12:52 PM
Is there any possibility i. e. with other components from provisio?
Re: Show PPT and MSACCESS in Sigital Signage 7/6/2018 1:42 PM
Hello,

There is no other way with Digital Signage.

If you refer to the SiteKiosk Browser:
As SiteKiosk is a web browser and not an office application it cannot display PowerPoint files directly.

But you can simply download the office files and open them in corresponding Office
First you need to allow downloads in the SiteKiosk configuration (-->Files & Downloads)
When using an IE based skin also activate the file manager of SiteKiosk-(-->Files & Downloads)
, that you can open the files by double clicking them in the File Manager of SiteKiosk.
When using a Chrome based skin you can configure an application that automatically opens the PowerPoint file after download (File actions section at -->Files & Downloads)

Further information here:
http://www.provisio.com/helpconsole/SiteKiosk%20Help/en-US/default.htm?file_manager.htm
Don’t forget to add the Office application(s) to the SiteKiosk configuration (-->Applications) to make sure that these programs close on session end and/or logout:
http://www.provisio.com/helpconsole/SiteKiosk%20Help/en-US/default.htm?applications.htm
And configure to “delete downloaded files” at “Logout”.

Alternatively you can convert the PowerPoint file into an HTML-presentation by using Office (PowerPoint).
After that, simply embed the HTML Start Page of the HTML PPT presentation (usually fullscreen.htm) into the configuration.

Or you even export the PowerPoint presentation as video file and then display the video in SiteKiosk.

Regards,
Michael Olbrich
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