PowerPoint Online access to slide show window

[scemis]

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Office.context.document.getActiveViewAsync function always return 'edit' even when I run presentation slide show. Happens only in browser. (Desktop version works fine).

Presentation opens in new window for slide show:
(ex: https://powerpoint.officeapps.live.com/p/PowerPointFrame.aspx?PowerPointView=SlideShowView)

Is there way to connect and get context/events from that slide show window?

Thanks in advance.

[lindalu-MSFT]

@scemis Hi, and thanks for reporting this! I'm the PM who has been assigned to track down old issues and see if they still need to be assigned. Can you confirm that this still happens when you run presentation slide show? And also, if so, please report the repro steps. Thanks for your help!

[scemis]

Thanks for your final reply.
I just test my add-in with latest office.js
https://appsforoffice.microsoft.com/lib/1/hosted/office.js

And I found no changes regarding my problem.
So still no difference between modes (always edit)

Below you can find a code example:

Office.context.document.getActiveViewAsync(function (asyncResult) {
console.log('ActiveView mode: ' + asyncResult.value);
});

// result: ActiveView mode: edit

Please, let me know if you have any questions.

[ElizabethSamuel-MSFT]

@JuaneloJuanelo Can you help get this directed appropriately? Thanks.

[scemis]

@JuaneloJuanelo Do we have any progress here? Please let me know if I can help anyhow. Thanks.

[gordonmleigh]

I have the same issue. The reproduction is simple; getActiveViewAsync always returns edit and the handler for Office.EventType.ActiveViewChanged doesn't fire when you start presenting.

[gordonmleigh]

@JuaneloJuanelo @ElizabethSamuel-MSFT @lindalu-MSFT is anyone looking at this?

[lindalu-MSFT]

@mscaitlina Can you help us assign this to the correct person?

[lindalu-MSFT]

Note: This is a browser issue. Works as expected in desktop. Is this is the backlog?

[donlvMSFT]

@scemis , thanks for reporting the issue. I did some quick repro but the API works well with my test content add-in (In below).
So I would like to get more clear about your scenario during following questions.

1. Do you use Content Add-in or Taskpane Add-in?
2. If it's Content Add-in, could you share your add-in for us to repro?
3. If it's Taskpane Add-in, could you share with us the add-in and how you trigger the API during presenting mode?

Thanks for your information, that will be very helpful.

Here is the add-in manifest file I use, inner Find Mode button the code is

Office.context.document.getActiveViewAsync(function (asyncResult) {
    console.log('ActiveView mode: ' + asyncResult.value);
});

[jipinshi]

@scemis , can you specify which kind of addin do you use here? Content addin or taskpane addin? Can you share the manifest you used? I tried with scriptlab which is a taskpane addin which cannot be executed when in slide show mode.

[scemis]

Do you need this? <hostitem:hostItem hostitem:baseType="Microsoft.Office.Tools.AddInBase" hostitem:namespace="TalkDeck.VSTO.PowerPointAddIn" hostitem:className= "ThisAddIn" hostitem:identifier="ThisAddIn" hostitem:primaryCookie="AddIn" hostitem:master="true" hostitem:factoryType="Microsoft.Office.Tools.Factory" hostitem:startupIndex="0" xmlns:hostitem=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/VisualStudio/Tools/Applications/HostItem.xsd "> <hostitem:hostObject hostitem:name="Application" hostitem:identifier= "Application" hostitem:type= "Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Application" hostitem:cookie= "Application" hostitem:modifier="Internal" /> <hostitem:hostControl hostitem:name="CustomTaskPanes" hostitem:identifier= "CustomTaskPanes" hostitem:type= "Microsoft.Office.Tools.CustomTaskPaneCollection" hostitem:primaryCookie= "CustomTaskPanes" hostitem:modifier="Internal" /> </hostitem:hostItem>

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[lumine2008]

A bug (5021004) is created to track this issue.

[CaptainTammy]

@gingerjia @ElizabethSamuel-MSFT @lindalu-MSFT
Is there any progress expected on this in the near future? We have the same problem for our TaskPane-App that we would need to know when we are in edit or read (edit or presenting) mode. We are also stuck for getting our app submitted as we can not proceed without the web version working. We have also posted an issue about this #2756

Example: here

[ElizabethSamuel-MSFT]

@jipinshi Any update on this? Thanks.

[gingerjia]

Hi @ElizabethSamuel-MSFT seems @jipyua addressed the issue in thread #2756. Thanks!