Displaying an animated graph into PowerPoint

PowerCharts used the Microsoft Web Browser control to display graphs in PowerBuilder applications. This control can also be used in other applications that supports activeX such as MS-Powerpoint. Unfortunately, this feature has been disabled by default by Microsoft with the release of Office 365.

Here is how to re-enable it (refer to http://skp.mvps.org/livewebfaq.htm for more information):

1-First you need to install the LiveWeb freeware on your computer from this Web site : http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm . This will add a WebPage icon in your PowerPoint application Insert tab :

2-Then you need to re-enable the feature in MS-Office (for Office 13 and upper) by setting the following registry key to 0:

On Windows 32-bit for 32-bit Office 2016

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}]

"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000

On Windows 64-bit for 32-bit Office 2016

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}]

"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000

On Windows 64-bit for 64-bit Office 2016

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\COM Compatibility\{8856F961-340A-11D0-A96B-00C04FD705A2}]

"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000000

3-Third, you must specify that the Web browser control uses the IE11 engine to display HTML/Javascript web pages by setting the following registry values (remove wow6432node if you are using a 64 bit version of Office):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MAIN\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION

Add the following key :

4- Last but not least, you must enable your local workstation Web server (IIS)

To enable IIS on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer, follow these steps:

Open the Start menu.

Type "features" and select Turn Windows features on or off.

Tick the Internet Information Services checkbox and select OK.

Wait for the installation to complete and select Close.

Now you just have to save your PowerChart export file as a .HTM file into your local Web server root directory (C:\inetpub\wwwroot) , insert a Webpage into your PowerPoint slide and specify the local url :

http://localhost/your_export_file_name.htm