pptutils.com.pptutils
Component pptutils (ppt utils)



hierarchy: WEB-INF.cftags.component
      pptutils.com.pptutils
path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\pptutils\com\pptutils.cfc
properties:
methods: convertPowerPoint, extractText, fixNull*, getImageType*, getLib*, getPPTMetaData, getTextAlign*, init, readPowerPoint
* - private method

convertPowerPoint
public array convertPowerPoint ( required pathToPPT )

convertPowerPoint method is depracated. use readPowerPoint() instead.

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   pathToPPT: any, required, pathToPPT - the full path to the powerpoint to convert

extractText
public array extractText ( required pathToPPT )

i extract text from a PPT by means of an array of structs containing an array element for each slide in the PowerPoint

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   pathToPPT: any, required, pathToPPT - the full path to the powerpoint to convert

fixNull*
private fixNull ( valueToFix="" )

internal private method to handle java nulls appropriately

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   valueToFix: any, optional, valueToFix

getImageType*
private string getImageType ( picType="" )

i interpret the static constant pic type into a string

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   picType: any, optional, picType

getLib*
private query getLib ( )

i read the lib dir and return the files

Output: suppressed

getPPTMetaData
public struct getPPTMetaData ( required pathToPPT )

i extract metadata (author, saveinfo, etc) from a PPT

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   pathToPPT: any, required, pathToPPT - the full path to the powerpoint to get the metadata for

getTextAlign*
private getTextAlign ( textAlign="" )

i interpret the text alignment from the static type into a descriptive string

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   textAlign: any, optional, textAlign - the static value returned by java

init
public pptutils init ( )

Output: suppressed

readPowerPoint
public array readPowerPoint ( required pathToPPT )

i read a powerpoint and return an array. each array element represents a slide in the slideshow.

Output: suppressed
Parameters:
   pathToPPT: any, required, pathToPPT - the full path to the powerpoint to convert