Notes crash PPTX unless they're on each slide

[JewrassicPark]

Basic method is

$pp = new PhpPowerpoint();
//don't put any notes on the first slide 
$slide = $pp->createSlide();
$note = $slide->getNote();
$text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
$text->createTextRun("Any Note");
$oWriterPPTX = IOFactory::createWriter($pp, 'PowerPoint2007');
$oWriterPPTX->save($savePath);      

This causes Office PowerPoint to crash.

It can be worked around by adding a non empty note to every slide.

e.g. this works:

$pp = new PhpPowerpoint();
//putting a note on the first slide
$slide  = $pp->getActiveSlide();
$note = $slide->getNote();
$text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
$text->createTextRun("Any Note");
//putting a note on the second slide 
$slide = $pp->createSlide();
$note = $slide->getNote();
$text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
$text->createTextRun("Any Note");
$oWriterPPTX = IOFactory::createWriter($pp, 'PowerPoint2007');
$oWriterPPTX->save($savePath);      

Notes generated with PHPPowerpoint show up in the pptx zip according to slide

noteSlide2.xml => slide # 2, noteSlideX.xml => slide # x

When created with MS Office, the noteSlides are just numbered sequentially

noteSlide1.xml => corresponds to some slide not necessarily #1 , noteSlide2.xml => same thing

They also have a _rels relationship folder and a noteSlideMaster folder. I couldn't work out the exact mapping or how to avoid this crashing issues. Currently I'm using the workaround.

[JewrassicPark]

Another notes bug: Inconsistently when generating large reports, a notesslide relationship in the slide rels dir file for a slide will have the wrong slide number (which currently has to be the same as the slide because every slide needs notes if one slide has notes). This causes office to show the repair dialogue. This is extremely inconsistent. I'll generate the same powerpoint twice and might receive this error on one.

[Progi1984]

@JewrassicPark
I generate a file with PHPPowerPoint (the last version of the develop branch).
I open the generated file with MS Office PowerPoint Viewer : No problem.
I validate the generated file with Open XML SDK 2.5 Productivity Tool for Microsoft Office : No problem.

[JewrassicPark]

I still get the same initial bug with latest dev branch

It doesn't crash if notes are on every slide:

    $p = new Presentation();
    $p->debug = true;
    $p->addSlide(); 
    $p->addNote(ARRAY('t'=>'testing'));
    $p->addSlide(); 
    $p->addNote(ARRAY('t'=>'testing'));
    $file = $p->save();

But it crashes consistently immediately upon opening in PowerPoint 2013 if one slide has notes and the other doesnt

    $p = new Presentation();
    $p->debug = true;
    $p->addSlide(); 
    //$p->addNote(ARRAY('t'=>'testing'));
    $p->addSlide(); 
    $p->addNote(ARRAY('t'=>'testing'));
    $file = $p->save();

The other bug with the numbering was only observed when generating large powerpoints (50+ slides) and it wasn't consistent (generated same powerpoint twice, one needed to be repaired and one didn't)

[Progi1984]

@JewrassicPark Firstly, I try to reproduce your first bug (before bug of numerotation);
But your code use home made methods, I suppose.
So I use this code

$pp = new PhpPowerpoint();
$slide = $pp->createSlide();

$slide = $pp->createSlide();
$note = $slide->getNote();
$text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
$text->createTextRun("Any Note");

$oWriterPPTX = IOFactory::createWriter($pp, 'PowerPoint2007');
$oWriterPPTX->save('#83/Sample83.pptx');

Always ok with the PPTX Viewer, the SDK Validator and LibreOffice.
Without reproducing this bug, I can't fix it.

[JewrassicPark]

That code exactly immediately crashes my Powerpoint 2013.

To not crash it, I have to add a note to the first slide you create and the first slide created automatically by the constructor

    $pp = new PhpPowerpoint();
    $slide = $pp->getActiveSlide();
    $note = $slide->getNote();
    $text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
    $text->createTextRun("Any Note");


    $slide = $pp->createSlide();
    $note = $slide->getNote();
    $text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
    $text->createTextRun("Any Note");

    $slide = $pp->createSlide();
    $note = $slide->getNote();
    $text = $note->createRichTextShape()->setHeight(300)->setWidth(600);
    $text->createTextRun("Any Note");

    $oWriterPPTX = IOFactory::createWriter($pp, 'PowerPoint2007');
    $oWriterPPTX->save("/$path/test-ppt.pptx");

[Progi1984]

@JewrassicPark No problem with the SDK Validator and LibreOffice... :S

Have you a sample file generated with Powerpoint 2013 with a simple note for looking differences ?

[Progi1984]

@JewrassicPark I just tried on a PPT2007 and no problem with your code and the generated file.