RSS feeds in Powerpoint

Mr_love_monkey · 23-04-2009, 22:42

Anyone got any idea how to get an RSS feed to update and show in a powerpoint presentation (without 3rd party software) - could it be done via vba (or whatever it's called now)

punky · 23-04-2009, 22:50

RSS Feeds are just XML files, so VBA can do it apparently:

Some links here:

* Manipulating XML files with Excel VBA & Xpath - http://en.allexperts.com/q/XML-1469/...iles-Excel.htm
* MSXML - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...42(VS.85).aspx
* An Overview of MSXML 4.0 - http://www.xml.com/lpt/a/979

(From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...rse-xml-in-vba)