PowerPoint Export New from DB 39.5.10 / S 39.5.25 / C 39.5.25

Attention

• The PowerPoint Export function is approved for systems starting from the version combinations mentioned above.
• For systems with versionen later than DB 39.5.10 and S 39.5.25, client 39.5.24 can be used.

Information

• The PowerPoint Export is implemented on part of the client and is based on IronPython.
• Data and reports can be exported from the PLANTA software in the form of attractive and lucid PowerPoint presentations.
  • PowerPointExport is already implemented in the Status, Status Report (Project) and Simulation (Portfolio) modules.
• An individual PowerPoint template is required for each export option.
  • It is a regular PowerPoint file with different key words and placeholders which are replaced during export.
  • This enables you to organize the layout and the design of the presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint with the common WYSIWYG tools.
• The export does not only fill the regular slides but also the slide and handout master.

Notes

• The export is only approved for templates with *.pptx file ending which have been created and revised with Microsoft PowerPoint from version 2013.

Export types

Text

Information

• When exporting text, arbitrary values from the PLANTA software are inserted as text at arbitrary positions on PowerPoint slides.
• These positions are defined in the template with the help of key words.
• The text export does not only work with Alpha fields, but with all field types in general (exception: OLE fields).

Tables

Information

• The table export is required if you want to export a data area with several records.
• To do so, a table must be defined in the PowerPoint template.
• The export function extends this table by as many characters as there are records and inserts the values accordingly.

Template

Information

• The template
  • contains defined placeholders which are filled by the export
  • is located in the Main/GUI/Templates/ client directory.
    • For each implemented export variant, a default template is contained in the client and can be adjusted individually.

Notes

• Placeholders are replaced if respective exportable data exists in the PLANTA software. If there is no data, the text of the placeholder is not kept as such in the exported PowerPoint file.