ReferenceError using PptxGenJS with polyipseity/obsidian-modules plugin

[rosi]

Hi!

What I’m trying to do

I’m trying to generate Powerpoint slides from Obsidian, as a proof of concept for a possible plugin. However, I’m encountering a problem when integrating the module that I haven’t been able to solve yet.

I want to program slides natively and not work with generators like pandoc or plugins like slides.

First I downloaded the file “pptxgen.bundle.js” from PptxGenJS/dist at master · gitbrent/PptxGenJS · GitHub and renamed it to “pptxgen.bundle.js.md”.

Then I created a file “PowerpointUtilities.ts.md” with the following code:

```typescript

// import JSZip from "[[jszip.min.js]]"
// import pptxgen from "[[pptxgen.min.js]]"

// import {JSZip}, pptxgen from "[[pptxgen.bundle.js]]"

import {JSZip, pptxgen} from "[[pptxgen.bundle.js]]"

export function createPresentation() {

	alert("HI!");

	let pres = new pptxgen();  
	  
	let slide = pres.addSlide();  
	  
	slide.addText("Hello World from PptxGenJS...", {  
		x: 1.5,  
		y: 1.5,  
		color: "363636",  
		fill: { color: "F1F1F1" },  
		align: pres.AlignH.center,  
	});  
	  
	pres.writeFile({ fileName: "Sample Presentation.pptx" });

} 

And then another dataviewjs-file “Powerpoint.md” with the following code.

```dataviewjs

const module = await self.require.import("[[PowerpointUtilities.ts]]");

function clickFunction() {
	module.createPresentation();
}

const button = dv.el('button', 'Generate Powerpoint');
button.onclick = () => clickFunction();

Unfortunately, I always get the error message “Evaluation Error: ReferenceError: JSZip is not defined…”

I’m at my wits’ end - what can I do?

Things I have tried

As you can see in the comments I’ve tried various methods to import, even using seperate files for jszip and pptxgen without success. Click-Buttons works when I comment out the pptxgen stuff (that´s because I´ve added the Hi-Alert).
And I’ve tried the whole scheme with JSZip only and succeeded in creating a zip file…
The Problem seems to be that pptxgen does not find the JSZip module…