Hello everybody, I am trying to copy a picture from some folder in my local pc to a power point file which was already created. Well it is a quite simple operation , but actually the picture name dynamically change according to some input. So, I create a variable in which the full path is stored, then I would expect to use this variable in Image path, but the following error is displayed. I´ve tried also to convert to string but it does not work. Any suggestions ?
@Salvo71 - YBEPATH.ToString is not correct. YBEPATH is a variable name which you have declared already.
Please create 2 string variables, one for storing the path to the folder (e.g. D:\Temp) and another for storing the image name.
Now you build the complete path to the image by concatenating the two variables.
folderName = "D:\Temp"
imageName - this is for storing the image name
Image path = folderName + imageName
Hello @sreenivasm , yes I did it but results is :
even thought the file path is correct ( I checked it using message box ) : Here is what I did :
How I can solve it ? Thanks !
For the record here´s the message box output :
as you can see the path is correct…I do not know how come I still have this error. Any suggestions ? Thanks
@Salvo71 - Is “YBE_1234” a folder or a file? Can you post the values of the folder name and the image file name? The image path should point to a file name.
Ok , let me better explain. Actually the imagine name is composed by two parts, the first one is fixed and is “YBE_” second part is a variable which is linked to the input. So final chart name is
“YBE_” + Variable.
So, this picture is saved in a folder. So now I have to insert the picture into a power point slide. Power point report is located in some folder. Then what I did is:
I created a YBE variable in which I store the full chart name as above explained.
I create another variable ChartsPATH in which I store the chart path and then
into BalaReva section I selected Insert Picture with the following parameters :
File : "power point report path " ex : “C:\Users\Salvator\Documents\UiPath\PEtoolsVer1.1\YieldReport.pptx”
Image Path : ChartsPATH + YBE
what do you think ?
@Salvo71 - OK, assuming your variables are like below:
chartsPath = “C:\Users\Salvator\Documents\UiPath\PEtoolsVer1.1\Charts\”
YBE = “YBE_1234.jpg”
Then the image path would be chartsPath + YBE.
Please ensure that there is a back slash at the end of the chartsPath variable and I think you would also need a image file extension like .JPG or .PNG etc.
Totally right !!! I forgot it !! Of course now is working ! Thanks a lot.
Just last question, do you believe is possible also to “write” the input into a slide in a power point file ? I mean now I made my report with many charts inside but I would also like to change the slide titles dynamically basing on the input from user. What do you think ? Thanks again !
@Salvo71 - I am glad you solved it. Please mark my answer as solution if it helped you.
For adding text, try using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Powerpoint.
Hello @sreenivasm I marked your answer as a solution. About power point slides title modification I will try your suggestions and let you know. Thanks again for your support !
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