private bool BuildPowerPointFile(List <string> names)
{
// open the base presentation
// create the animations
// save as ... to the destination folder
PowerPoint.Application ppApplication = null;
PowerPoint.Presentations ppPresentations = null;
PowerPoint.Presentation ppPresentation = null;
try
{
ppApplication = new PowerPoint.Application();
ppPresentations = ppApplication.Presentations;
// to create a new presentation
ppPresentation = ppPresentations.Add(MsoTriState.msoTrue);
ppApplication.Activate();
SlideWidthCentre = (int)ppPresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth / 2;
SlideHeightCentre = (int)ppPresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight / 2;
ppPresentation.ApplyTemplate(Path.Combine(BaseSettingsFolder, TemplateFile));
AddTitleSlide(ppPresentation, "My trust", "2015");
AddAnimationNames(ppPresentation, names);
//CentrePictures(ppPresentation);
ppPresentation.SaveAs(Path.Combine(DestinationFolder, "AnimatedNames"),
PowerPoint.PpSaveAsFileType.ppSaveAsDefault, MsoTriState.msoTrue);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
ProcessTextBox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
ProcessTextBox.AppendText("Error: " + e.Message);
return(false);
}
finally
{
try
{
if (ppPresentation != null)
{
ppPresentation.Close();
ppApplication.Quit();
ppApplication = null;
}
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
}
return(true);
}