ReporteRs not producing powerpoint output

[okeyes-r7]

So if I run something like this:

library(ReporteRs)
library(dplyr)
base_pptx_template <- "./r7app/apps/csma/templates/cc_csma_template.pptx"

pt <- ReporteRs::pptx(sprintf("%s CSMA", "foo"), base_pptx_template)
addSlide(pt, slide.layout="Control Detail") %>%
  addParagraph("TestTestTestTest") -> pt

writeDoc(pt, "test.pptx")

Only the raw template is actually produced. Is it a quirk of:

1. Using a template
2. ->
3. Piping
4. Sooomething else? It's got me kinda mystified!

Session information:

R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
Running under: OS X El Capitan 10.11.5

Matrix products: default
BLAS: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.4/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] dplyr_0.5.0         ReporteRs_0.8.8     ReporteRsjars_0.0.2

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] Rcpp_0.12.10      knitr_1.15.1      xml2_1.1.1        magrittr_1.5      uuid_0.1-2        munsell_0.4.3     xtable_1.8-2     
 [8] colorspace_1.3-2  R6_2.2.1          plyr_1.8.4        tools_3.4.0       grid_3.4.0        gtable_0.2.0      png_0.1-7        
[15] rvg_0.1.3         R.oo_1.21.0       DBI_0.6-1         htmltools_0.3.6   lazyeval_0.2.0    digest_0.6.12     assertthat_0.2.0 
[22] tibble_1.3.0      zip_1.0.0         shiny_1.0.3       rJava_0.9-8       officer_0.1.3     purrr_0.2.2.2     ggplot2_2.2.1    
[29] base64enc_0.1-3   R.utils_2.5.0     mime_0.5          compiler_3.4.0    gdtools_0.1.4     scales_0.4.1      R.methodsS3_1.7.1
[36] httpuv_1.3.3

[davidgohel]

Should be OK. Without your template, it's OK, could you send it?

David

PS: ReporteRs has been rewritten, the new package is officer, it comes without any java dependancy. If possible, you should switch to officer.

[okeyes-r7]

Hmn; interesting. Does officer allow template use? (I don't see anything in the vignette but I might be missing something).

[davidgohel]

Yes, read_pptx has a path argument. I will add a chapter on that, thanks for the suggestion, I didn't realised.

[davidgohel]

If possible, send the template, I'd like to solve the issue.

[okeyes-r7]

Totally! (lemme just check officer doesn't neatly sidestep it, don't wanna put you out of the way if I don't have to!)

[okeyes-r7]

Okay yeah, this is gnarly, lemme just check if I can email you the template.

[davidgohel]

thanks, you can use that one: https://github.com/davidgohel/officer/blob/master/DESCRIPTION#L7

[okeyes-r7]

Grand!

[okeyes-r7]

Now fixed thanks to David! Grazie :)