Hi All,
Had a question. I have a few fields defined in XL, and I will be getting the data. The fields are codified with specific types ( numeric / string ) etc with associated lengths as well.
For example
Name: String 100
DOB . : Date String 10
Address : String 100
Skills : String 100
Interests : String 200
I will get many such data points for a class. I want to then import this to a ppt, in specific places - have the template, but it will have < Name >, <DOB> , <Address> etc at certain places.
I want to have a program, that is non fragile that will generate the PPT, with the appropriate data pulled from the XL file. How exactly to go about this. Is this VBA programming ? Is this a one time set up, and as long as the XL schema does not change, can we expect this to not be fragile. ?
Once this is of good quality and not fragile, would like to move on to getting this from a DB or a JSON feed ?
1. Is this possible in good quality ?
2. How much does it cost to do this PPT automation from XL fields ?
Note - I do see examples that import tables in to ppt , but this is different where specific fields will need to go in specific places by replacing the tags eg<NAME > . <DOB > etc, that appaers in different places in the PPT.
3. Are there libraries that can actually map to DB tables, or JSON fields, or XL cells - (or) is this custom VBA code that has to be built.
I expect to post a job and wanted some guidance on this soon.
Thanks,
