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Purpose

Inserts new slides into a PowerPoint document, and creates a list variable.

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Macro Compatibility

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Usage

Only works for PowerPoint input templates and must be used in the Notes field ONLY (or a macro error will occur). The slide that contains the original macro is included in the count of output slides. For more information on using macros in PowerPoint, see: PowerPoint help.

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Parameter	Type	Deprecation Message	Preferred Parameter	Presence	Purpose	Options	Default
storeAs	String	Use instead of: storeAsHidden		Mandatory	The iteration variable.	N/A	N/A
storeAsHidden	String	Deprecated	storeAs		The iteration variable.	N/A	N/A
values	List<Object>			Mandatory	The values.	N/A	N/A
columnDelimiter	Char			Optional	The character to use per item to delimit individual fields when assigning to multiple output variables. Likely value to use: '^'.	N/A
comment	String			Optional	Add a comment to make your document template more readable. The comment is discarded in the output document.	N/A	N/A
delimiter	Char			Optional	The delimiter to use to split the input values, e.g. item1;item2;item3.	N/A	;
errorOnOverflow	Boolean			Optional	Should NCalc expression evaluation throw error on Overflow	true false	true
failureText	String			Optional	The text to display should the macro fail to execute. Note that a poorly-specified macro (e.g. omitting mandatory parameters) will still result in an error message.	N/A	N/A
if	String			Optional	The condition that must be true in order for the macro to be executed/evaluated. Must either evaluate to true or false, for example: "3+5=8" or "contains('abcd', 'z').	N/A	true
ifNoValues	String			Optional	The optional 'ifNoValues' parameter is used to specify the output text if the values parameter is empty (e.g. when using string replacement from previous macros in the document).	N/A	N/A
mode	MacroMode			Optional	The mode in which variables are stored. In the legacy mode (default for Schedules), the variable created is a string and formatted. In the normal mode (default for Report Studio), the output variable is stored as a strongly-typed object, e.g. an Int32 or a List etc., rather than a formatted string.	Legacy Normal	Legacy
obfuscation	ObfuscationType			Optional	Obfuscation type. Use obfuscation to write reports where sensitive data is hidden. When used, ReportMagic guarantees that the same input string will map to the same output string for the whole of the report (but the next time the report runs, it will most likely map to a different value). If you use obfuscation, the property in your macro will not show up and instead, you will see a fake item of the obfuscation type chosen.	None UkTown DeviceName Company IpAddress PrivateIpAddress	None
skip	Int32			Optional	The number of items to skip.	From 0 to 2147483647	0
take	Int32			Optional	The number of items to take.	From 1 to 2147483647	2147483647
warning	String			Optional	If specified, adds a warning message for this macro. This is processed as an NCalc, and the warning message will ALWAYS be present and will be the value of the evaluated NCalc expression.	N/A	N/A

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Examples (1)

Example 1:

Repeats (clones) a slide, and sets a variable called MyVariable on each slide (i.e. on the first slide it will be a, then b, and so on) There are 3 values, and so there will be 3 output slides:

[Slide.Repeat: values=a;b;c, =>MyVariable]