public void GenerateFromYaml(string yamlPath)
{
// Set global variables after starting with a clean slate
A3Environment.Clean();
A3Environment.ALLOW_INFER_FROM_SLIDE = true;
A3Environment.ALLOW_DEFAULT_INFER_FROM_SLIDE = true;
// Setup logging
A3Log log = new A3Log(A3Log.Operations.GenerateFromYaml);
// Ingest the yaml file
A3Yaml yaml = new A3Yaml(yamlPath);
// Lint the YAML file before attempting to deserialize the outline and exit early if the user cancels the operation
yaml.Lint(log);
if (A3Environment.QUIT_FROM_CURRENT_LOOP)
{
A3Environment.Clean();
return;
}
// Create the outline from the YAML file and exit early if the user cancels the operation
A3Outline outline = yaml.Deserialize(log);
if (A3Environment.QUIT_FROM_CURRENT_LOOP)
{
A3Environment.Clean();
return;
}
// Open a copy of the model PowerPoint in the current PowerPoint context
A3Presentation presentation = new A3Presentation(Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Presentations.Open(A3Environment.MODEL_POWERPOINT, 0, 0, Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState.msoTrue));
// Save the presentation to a unqiue location
presentation.SavePresentationAs(outline.Course);
// Generate the Presentation
presentation.WriteFromOutline(outline);
// Cleanup the initial slides
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
presentation.Presentation.Slides[1].Delete();
}
// Save the generated presentation and handoff control back to the user
presentation.Presentation.Save();
MessageBox.Show(A3Yaml.AlertMessages[A3Yaml.Alerts.YamlGenSuccess].Replace("{}", Path), "POWERPOINT GENERATION COMPLETE!", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
A3Environment.Clean();
}
