automatically updating a linked picture-file

[alexanjo]

I have an Impress slide show with a linked picture file. This file is updated once per minute. The slideshow loops continuesly, but the linked file is not being updated during the show.

Is there way to automatically refresh such a link during a show?

Jordan

P.S. Open Office is an oustanding office-suite and a welcome alternative to, well, you know--long live open-source!

[simbazz]

[quote="alexanjo"]I have an Impress slide show with a linked picture file. This file is updated once per minute. The slideshow loops continuesly, but the linked file is not being updated during the show.

Is there way to automatically refresh such a link during a show?

Jordan

P.S. Open Office is an oustanding office-suite and a welcome alternative to, well, you know--long live open-source![/quote]

Same situation here. There are four every-20-mins-updated pictures on the internet (two jpgs, two animgifs), all linked to a nonstop loops 30-40 mins long, 30-40 pages slideshow. The two jpgs being updated automatically (!), don't know how can I to do this, but the two animgifs remains un-updated. When in Edit/Hiperlinks click on Refresh button, the two animgifs are updated too, but of course I want make it automatically updated.

Anyone knows some hint for this?

[simbazz]

Ok, the problem is very simple:
Linked from internet (e.g. webcam pic) jpgs ARE refreshing automatically within the presentation, gifs ARE NOT. Why?

P.s. need to say, OOo 2.0(.1) Impress is a huge bugware. Hyperlinks (from the internet) are not works (it says cannot connect to host), animgifs in fullscreen are not works, scrolling text in fullscreen are not works, some character formats (e.g. highten/graved) are not works, character edge smoothing is fullscreen are not works, etc... Therefore still need to use the excellent OOo 1.1.4 Impress, hope to 2.0.2 will show us a leap forward.