rofficer

officer - save document - dont overwrite


Is it possible to add a parameter like overwrite = FALSE when printing rpptx-Objects? I want to avoid to overwrite an possible existing file.

# write a rdocx object in a docx file ----
file <- tempfile(fileext = ".pptx")
doc <- read_pptx()
print(doc, target = file) # <- overwrites an existing file without message

I try do add parameter, but it overwrites existing files without warning or error.

print(doc, target = file, overwrite = FALSE)

Solution

  • You could write a little function around print() that checks if the file exists and stop()s, if it does.

    library(officer)
    
    # Define function.
    print_no_overwrite <- function(doc, target) {
      if (file.exists(target)) stop("File already exists!")
        print(doc, target)
      }
    
    # Create test.pptx
    doc <- read_pptx()
    print(doc, target = "test.pptx")
    
    # Fails because file already exists.
    print_no_overwrite(doc, "test.pptx")
    #> Error in print_no_overwrite(doc, "test.pptx"): File already exists!
    
    # Works because it's a new file name.
    print_no_overwrite(doc, "test2.pptx")