Powerpoint and Xcelsius 2008

Every time I create a PP from XCelsius 2008 (SP1,FP2) I get a message when closing PowerPoint;
This Program requires a missing Windows content, check for ......."
Even if I follow the instructions to check for the missing thing I can not figure out what it is that I miss.
I also want to know why I get a blank screen when creating a PP file from xcelsius. When using presentation mode the flash file appears correctly.
Please help[ me!!
Hans

Thanks Andy! This helps and it is not a big issue for me.
Can you look at my other question I posted related to display text labels. I posted it last week. I can see that many other users must have the same issue.
Thanks again.
Hans
The issue:
dashboards developed with XCelsius 2008 on a wide screen display hypertext correctly on a wide-screen display. However if the flash file is displayed on a regular (non-wide-screen) display the right most part of all hyper-text is displayed at the border line of a regular screen. This results in displaying the right data at a wrong position on a screen.
It is easy to create this situation:
Just display a dashboard in a reduced window and you will see that the label display changes positions on the right side of the screnn.

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Please assist.

David,
I've read the Xcelsius2008_release_notes_en.pdf on the installation disc. (especially when going to Adobe's articles for Flash 8 & 9) A lot of reading, most of which I do not understand but get the jest of it. I must say that I do not think that this is the 'problem' here. I do not get any 'warnings' of any kind that it cannot do that function.
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Crystal Reports and Xcelsius 2008 Conference

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OK.
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Hi,
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Hello everyone,
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Critical Help: Xcelsius 2008 (crashes on snapshot and preview mode?)

I just upgraded to Xcelsius 2008................. everything seemed to work fine until I built my first model with Xcelsius 2008.
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Xcelsius 2008 - Known Issues (Installation)

AA: Area Affected
PD: Problem Description
WA: WorkAround
AA: Installing QAAWS from BOE Client
PD: The Query As A Web Service (QAAWS) application has been combined with the BOE XI 3 BusinessObjects Client application. It was previously a separate application.
This means that to use BOE XI 3 QAAWS with Xcelsius 2008, you must download the BOE XI 3 BusinessObject Client from the Business Objects Support site and install it on your client machine.
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WA: You can ignore this warning message. Your newer version of the Flash Player will not be changed.
AA: Installing Xcelsius 2008 with other older BOE products.
PD: After installing Xcelsius 2008 on a machine, some other older BOE products on the same machine stop working (eg. WebI Report Server, BOE XIR2)
WA: Many BOE products share the same installer, as a result installing Xcelsius 2008 on the same machine other older products changes the default install folder to the newer BOE folder. For example with BOE XIR2 it changes the default BOE install directory to change to BOE XI 3 folder.
C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 11.5\" is changed to
C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 12\"
The workaround is to manually edit the registry and change the key folder name back to its previous name.
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Double-click on path and change the Value data. In most cases the folder name is C:\program files\business objects\businessobjects enterprise 11.5\
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AA: Uninstalling Live Office XI 3 from a machine with Xcelsius 2008
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WA: The Xcelsius keycode must be entered again to re-enable Xcelsius.
AA: Installing Xcelsius with Office XP
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WA: As a workaround to the issue of Xcelsius 2008 not installing with Office XP, users can manually add a registry key to enable installation. Please make a backup copy of the registry before making any changes.
1. Go to Start > Run. Start the registry editor by entering 'regedit'.
2. Select the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and navigate to \Software\Microsoft\Office\
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4. Create a subfolder called PowerPoint
5. Create a subfolder under PowerPoint called InstallRoot
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
6. From the InstallRoot folder create a string value called "Path" by selecting Edit > New > String Value
7. Select the newly created Path value and select Edit > Modify.
8. Under the Value Data field enter "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\"
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10. Exit the registry editor.
11. Reboot your machine.
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AA: Creating a Web Part for SharePoint Portal Server 2007
PD: The current Xcelsius Web Part installer Setup.exe does not work with SharePoint Portal Server 2007.
Note: Sharepoint Portal 2003 is supported.
WA: You can manually install the web part to use with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2007. Microsoft does not provide a mechanism to build a Web Part installer for SharePoint 2007. For instruction on manual installation see the Xcelsius Support website. (see follow up post below)

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[Click here for more information on how to Find the Web Application Root|http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms474356.aspx].
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Xcelsius 2008 won't accept keycode

I just upgrade to Xcelsius SP1 FP1. Everything seemed to work great and I have the new version. However, everytime I open Xcelsius it asks for my keycode. I enter the correct keycode and the program opens and appears to be active. However, I repeat this the next time I open Xcelsius.
I have tried the instructions for "set_registry_permissions" with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Post Author: abrat
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
As a workaround to the issue of Xcelsius
2008 not installing with Office XP, users can manually add a registry key to
enable installation.   Please make a backup copy of the registry before making any
changes.
Manual Change
1.       Go to Start > Run. Start the registry editor by
entering 'regedit'.
2.       Select the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and navigate to
\Software\Microsoft\Office\
3.       Create an 11.0 folder, if it doesn't exist, by
selecting Edit > New > Key from the menu.
4.       Create a subfolder called PowerPoint
5.       Create a subfolder under PowerPoint called
InstallRoot
You should now have the folder structure listed
below:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
6.       From the InstallRoot folder create a string value
called "Path" by selecting Edit > New > String Value.
7.       Select the newly created Path value and select Edit
> Modify.
8.       Under the Value Data field enter "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\"
9.       Click OK.
10.   Exit the registry editor.
11.   Reboot your machine.
You should now be able to install
Xcelsius 2008.
Please note that although
all other Office XP applications will work, Xcelsius 2008 export to Word
produces a blank document.

Does Xcelsius 2008 really support office xp/2003

Hi,
I checked the installation guide for xcelsius 2008, it shows that it support office xp/2003 and 2007.
But when i tried to install on office xp it just aborted with office incompatible error.
So Does Xcelsius 2008 really support office xp/2003?
If yes then why it throws me incompatible error message, do i need to make any change?
Thanks,
Nimesh.
Edited by: Nimesh Panchal on Feb 16, 2009 7:33 PM

Hi,
I found solution for this.
Below are the steps:
1.     Go to Start > Run. Start the registry editor by entering 'regedit'.
2.     Select the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and navigate to \Software\Microsoft\Office\
     a.     Create an 11.0 folder, if it doesn't exist, by selecting Edit > New > Key from the menu.
     b.     Create a subfolder called PowerPoint
     c.     Create a subfolder under PowerPoint called InstallRoot
     d.     You should now have the folder structure listed below:
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\InstallRoot
     e.     From the InstallRoot folder create a string value called "Path" by selecting Edit > New > String Value
     f.     Select the newly created Path value and select Edit > Modify.
     g.     Under the Value Data field enter "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\"
     h.     Click OK.
Thanks,
Nimesh.

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