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Duplicate slide in python-pptx
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gistfile1.py
def duplicate_slide(pres, index):
source = pres.slides[index]
try:
blank_slide_layout = pres.slide_layouts[6]
except:
blank_slide_layout = pres.slide_layouts[len(pres.slide_layouts) - 1]
dest = pres.slides.add_slide(blank_slide_layout)
for shp in source.shapes:
el = shp.element
newel = copy.deepcopy(el)
dest.shapes._spTree.insert_element_before(newel, 'p:extLst')
for key, value in source.rels.iteritems():
if not "notesSlide" in value.reltype:
dest.rels.add_relationship(value.reltype, value._target, value.rId)
return dest
@ghallak
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ghallak commented Mar 10, 2021

In python-pptx version 0.6.18 (and maybe some earlier versions as well), line 16 should be changed, and value._target should not be used.

The second for loop should look like this:

    for key, value in source.part.rels.items():
        if not "notesSlide" in value.reltype:
            if value.is_external:
                dest.part.rels.add_relationship(value.reltype, value.target_ref, value.rId, value.is_external)
            else:
                dest.part.rels.add_relationship(value.reltype, value.target_part, value.rId)

Note that I'm using source.part.rels.items() instead of source.part.rels.iteritems() because I'm using python 3.

@Lirioooo
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I have this code in my program, but when i want to execute it, the program prints a lot of warning alerts like these

C:\Users\user7\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\zipfile.py:1517: UserWarning: Duplicate name: 'ppt/slideLayouts/slideLayout1.xml'
  return self._open_to_write(zinfo, force_zip64=force_zip64)
C:\Users\user7\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\zipfile.py:1517: UserWarning: Duplicate name: 'ppt/slideLayouts/_rels/slideLayout1.xml.rels'
  return self._open_to_write(zinfo, force_zip64=force_zip64)
C:\Users\user7\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\zipfile.py:1517: UserWarning: Duplicate name: 'ppt/slideMasters/slideMaster1.xml'

And when i open the presentation, it shows a message box with the repair button

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How can I to repair from the code?

@Jacob-fairplay
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@Lirioooo were you able to figure out a fix for those errors?

@ptonelli
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This code works in version 0.6.19 and below:

def duplicate_slide(pres, index):
    source = pres.slides[index]
    blank_slide_layout = pres.slide_layouts[len(pres.slide_layouts) - 1]
    dest = pres.slides.add_slide(blank_slide_layout)

    for shp in source.shapes:
        el = shp.element
        newel = copy.deepcopy(el)
        dest.shapes._spTree.insert_element_before(newel, 'p:extLst')

    for key, value in source.part.rels.items():
        if not "notesSlide" in value.reltype:
            dest.part.rels.add_relationship(value.reltype, value._target, value.rId)

    return dest

Does anybody have a version which works with more recent versions ? (1.0.0 and up)

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