Jun 07
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Embedding XAML in PowerPoint
Do you have a piece of XAML that would just look great in a PowerPoint presentation? Wish that you could just embed some XAML into an existing slide? Here’s a quick hack to do just that:
1. You’ll need to install an add-in for Powerpoint that supports displaying of embedded web pages. There are a few around. LiveWeb, created by Microsoft MVP Shyam Pillai, seems to work well.
2. Make sure you are able to access your XAML page locally via a browser – either as a .xaml file (or using an .xbap if you have more functionality that you’d like to expose).
3. Create a new PPT slide, embed a new web page, point it to your piece of local XAML and voila…
A quick and easy way of inserting some cool looking XAML into an existing PowerPoint presentation. Things that would make this even better:
1. The ability to have a non-opaque background on the browser window to help blending in better with the slide design.
2. The ability to change the Z-order of the browser window to have PowerPoint objects reside on top of a groovy XAML background.
