Pass PPT password to viewer via command line

I have created a presentation in PPT 2003 and used PowerPoint's security
options to password protect (and encrypt) presentation. I was pleased to
find that the new PPT viewer supports the password option. My goal now is to
use a command line to tell the viewer what presentation to open
(presentation-name.pps), suppress the viewer splash screen (/S), and provide
the password. This is where I am stuck. How do I add the password
information to the command line....?

PS: I know it may sound unusual to automatically include the password, but
for my purpose it is exactly what I want to do.

Appreciate all suggestions and information!
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com
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Hello Troy,
I would be very surprised if the PowerPoint development team implemented
command line support for opening password protected files in the PowerPoint
viewer when they didn't provide any interface for it via automation in the
PowerPoint application .

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Shyam Pillai
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"Troy @ TLC" wrote in message
news:Wg2rc.38606$5a.32197@okepread03...
I have created a presentation in PPT 2003 and used PowerPoint's security
options to password protect (and encrypt) presentation. I was pleased to
find that the new PPT viewer supports the password option. My goal now is
to
use a command line to tell the viewer what presentation to open
(presentation-name.pps), suppress the viewer splash screen (/S), and
provide
the password. This is where I am stuck. How do I add the password
information to the command line....?

PS: I know it may sound unusual to automatically include the password, but
for my purpose it is exactly what I want to do.

Appreciate all suggestions and information!
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com
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Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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You don't need to worry about the password unless you assigned a "password
to open". If you assigned a "password to modify", the password is
meaningless to the Viewer and won't be needed because it always opens in
Show mode and never in Edit mode. The Viewer doesn't even request it.
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"Troy @ TLC" wrote in message
news:Wg2rc.38606$5a.32197@okepread03...
I have created a presentation in PPT 2003 and used PowerPoint's security
options to password protect (and encrypt) presentation. I was pleased to
find that the new PPT viewer supports the password option. My goal now is
to
use a command line to tell the viewer what presentation to open
(presentation-name.pps), suppress the viewer splash screen (/S), and
provide
the password. This is where I am stuck. How do I add the password
information to the command line....?

PS: I know it may sound unusual to automatically include the password, but
for my purpose it is exactly what I want to do.

Appreciate all suggestions and information!
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com
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Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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Thanks for clarifying Sonia. Yes I am looking to implement a "password to
open" and have not assigned a "password to modify." Just trying to develop
some additional content security for a clients distributed presentation that
works within the environment its is being deployed in, so all comments and
suggestions are welcome!

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com
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October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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"Sonia" wrote in message
...
You don't need to worry about the password unless you assigned a "password
to open". If you assigned a "password to modify", the password is
meaningless to the Viewer and won't be needed because it always opens in
Show mode and never in Edit mode. The Viewer doesn't even request it.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"Troy @ TLC" wrote in message
news:Wg2rc.38606$5a.32197@okepread03...
I have created a presentation in PPT 2003 and used PowerPoint's security
options to password protect (and encrypt) presentation. I was pleased to
find that the new PPT viewer supports the password option. My goal now
is
to
use a command line to tell the viewer what presentation to open
(presentation-name.pps), suppress the viewer splash screen (/S), and
provide
the password. This is where I am stuck. How do I add the password
information to the command line....?

PS: I know it may sound unusual to automatically include the password,
but
for my purpose it is exactly what I want to do.

Appreciate all suggestions and information!
Troy Chollar
TLC Creative Services, inc.
troy at tlccreative dot com
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Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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In article En4rc.38698$5a.37550@okepread03, Troy @ TLC wrote:
Thanks for clarifying Sonia. Yes I am looking to implement a "password to
open" and have not assigned a "password to modify." Just trying to develop
some additional content security for a clients distributed presentation that
works within the environment its is being deployed in, so all comments and
suggestions are welcome!

If MS allowed a command line param to provide the password to open the file, it
becomes much much simpler to crack the password by pounding away at it with a
program that tries one word after another automatically.

So they don't. g

[thinks out loud, mumbling to self] but a password encrypted zip file can be
opened from the command line, maybe? and if so, maybe you could extract the
file and run it like that?

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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