SlideShow User's Guide

path. If you must use a path, use a relative path (i.e. \images\myslide.jpg) Generally, it's easier to create Web Shows when all the slides have no path (i.e. myslide.jpg) and are located in the same directory on the web server.
Make sure that the directory you are using on the web server is accessible publicly from the web. To verify this uou should be able to view a slide by entering its URL in your browser.
Sound and music files are typically very large and are often impractical for web shows since the time needed to download the sound file would be excessive. If you do use sound in web shows, keep it short!

Registration screen appears at startup

Software has not been yet been registered, registered software will skip the Registration screen.
The Windows System Registry has been altered or corrupted, re-enter the Key Code to re- register.
SlideShow Diagnostic Routine
If you are having problems running SlideShow, you can run SlideShow in the diagnostic mode that provides a trace log to pinpoint problems. The following steps will run SlideShow with the diagnostic trace turned on and allow you to view the trace file. (DebugFile.txt)

  1. Exit SlideShow if currently running.
  2. Restart SlideShow in diagnostic mode by adding the 'debug' argument to the command line, typically:
C:\Program Files\Beagle Software\SlideShow\SlideShow.exe debug
3. Choose the DemoShow or another show.
4. Run the show by pressing the
Show button.
5. Run the application till an error is encountered. Exit the application.
6. View the diagnostic trace by opening it  in Notepad. The debug file can be found in the root SlideShow directory, usually:
C:\Program Files\Beagle Software\SlideShow\DebugFile.txt
7. Check for "ERRORS" or problems in the trace.
8. Contact Beagle Software for assistance in interpreting the trace and pinpointing the problem.

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